Bruton
Bruton is a small town, electoral ward, and civil church in Somerset, England, on the River Brue along the A359 in between Frome and Yeovil. It is 7 miles (11 km) south-east of Shepton Mallet, simply southern of Snakelake Hill as well as Coombe Hill, 10 miles (16 kilometres) north-west of Gillingham and also 12 miles (19 kilometres) south-west of Frome in South Somerset area. The town as well as ward have a population of 2,907. The church includes the hamlets of Wyke Champflower and Redlynch. Bruton has a gallery of things from its past from the Jurassic onwards. It includes a table used by the writer John Steinbeck to write on during a six-month remain in Bruton. The River Brue has a history of flooding. In 1768 it ruined a stone bridge. On 28 June 1917, 242.8 mm of rainfall fell in 24 hours, leaving a water mark on a club 20 feet over the regular level. In 1984 a protective dam was developed 1 km upstream from the town.
