Watchet
Watchet is a harbour town, civil parish as well as electoral ward in the English county of Somerset, with a population of 3,785. It is positioned 15 miles (24 kilometres) west of Bridgwater, 15 miles (24 km) north-west of Taunton, and 9 miles (14 km) east of Minehead. The community lies at the mouth of the Washford River on Bridgwater Bay, part of the Bristol Channel, as well as on the edge of Exmoor National Park. The original negotiation may have been at the Iron Age fort Daw's Castle. It after that moved to the mouth of the river and also a tiny harbour developed, named by the celts as "Gwo Coed" meaning Under the Wood. After the Saxon occupation of the location the community created and was known as Weced or Waeced as well as was struck by Vikings in the 10th century. Profession making use of the harbour progressively expanded, regardless of damages throughout numerous extreme storms, with import and also exports of products including those from Wansbrough Paper Mill up until the 19th century when it boosted with the export of iron ore, brought from the Brendon Hills using the West Somerset Mineral Railway, mostly to Newport for forward transportation to the Ebbw Vale Steelworks. The West Somerset Railway additionally offered the community as well as port bringing goods and people from the Bristol and Exeter Railway. The iron ore trade lowered as well as ceased in the early-20th century. The port continued a smaller business trade until 2000 when it was converted into a marina. The church is dedicated to Saint Decuman that is thought to have died below around 706. An early church was developed near Daw's Castle as well as a new church was erected in the 15th century. It has numerous tombs as well as monuments to Sir John Wyndham and also his family that were the lords of the estate. Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner which was written in the location is commemorated by a statue on the harbourside.
