Watchet
Watchet is a harbour town, civil parish as well as selecting ward in the English area of Somerset, with a population of 3,785. It is situated 15 miles (24 km) west of Bridgwater, 15 miles (24 km) north-west of Taunton, and also 9 miles (14 kilometres) east of Minehead. The town lies at the mouth of the Washford River on Bridgwater Bay, part of the Bristol Channel, and also on the edge of Exmoor National Park. The initial settlement might have gone to the Iron Age fort Daw's Castle. It then moved to the mouth of the river and also a little harbour developed, called by the celts as "Gwo Coed" implying Under the Wood. After the Saxon conquest of the area the community developed and was referred to as Weced or Waeced and was assaulted by Vikings in the 10th century. Profession using the harbour slowly expanded, regardless of damage during numerous severe storms, with import and exports of items consisting of those from Wansbrough Paper Mill till the 19th century when it enhanced with the export of iron ore, brought from the Brendon Hills by means of the West Somerset Mineral Railway, generally to Newport for forward transportation to the Ebbw Vale Steelworks. The West Somerset Railway also served the town as well as port bringing goods as well as people from the Bristol and Exeter Railway. The iron ore trade decreased and also discontinued in the early-20th century. The port proceeded a smaller business trade until 2000 when it was exchanged a marina. The church is devoted to Saint Decuman that is believed to have died below around 706. A very early church was developed near Daw's Castle and also a brand-new church was erected in the 15th century. It has a number of tombs and also monuments to Sir John Wyndham as well as his family who were the lords of the estate. Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner which was written in the area is celebrated by a sculpture on the harbourside.