Beaminster
Beaminster is a village as well as civil parish in Dorset, England, located in the Dorset Council administrative location approximately 15 miles (24 kilometres) northwest of the county town Dorchester. It is sited in a bowl-shaped valley near the resource of the tiny River Brit. The 2013 mid-year price quote of the population of Beaminster parish is 3,100. In its history Beaminster has actually been a centre of manufacture of bed linen and also woollens, the raw products for which were created in the bordering countryside. The town experienced 3 major fires in the 17th as well as 18th centuries; the initial of these, during the English Civil War, virtually damaged the textile of the town. Beaminster parish church is significant for its style, particularly its tower.
