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 positioned 15 miles (24 kilometres) west of Bridgwater, 15 miles (24 km) north-west of Taunton, and also 9 miles (14 kilometres) eastern of Minehead. The town exists at the mouth of the Washford River on Bridgwater Bay, part of the Bristol Channel, and on the edge of Exmoor National Park. The initial negotiation might have gone to the Iron Age fort Daw's Castle. It then relocated to the mouth of the river and a little harbour established, called by the celts as "Gwo Coed" meaning Under the Wood. After the Saxon occupation of the location the town developed and was called Weced or Waeced and was struck by Vikings in the 10th century. Trade using the harbour progressively expanded, despite damage throughout several severe storms, with import and exports of goods consisting of those from Wansbrough Paper Mill up until the 19th century when it increased 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 likewise offered the town and port bringing items as well as people from the Bristol and Exeter Railway. The iron ore trade decreased and stopped in the early-20th century. The port proceeded a smaller business profession till 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 built near Daw's Castle and a brand-new church was erected in the 15th century. It has numerous burial places as well as monoliths to Sir John Wyndham and also his household that were the lords of the mansion. Samuel Taylor Coleridge's rhyme The Rime of the Ancient Mariner which was written in the area is memorialized by a statuary on the harbourside.
