Bruton
Bruton is a small town, selecting ward, as well as civil parish in Somerset, England, on the River Brue along the A359 in between Frome as well as Yeovil. It is 7 miles (11 km) south-east of Shepton Mallet, just southern of Snakelake Hill and Coombe Hill, 10 miles (16 km) north-west of Gillingham and 12 miles (19 kilometres) south-west of Frome in South Somerset district. The town as well as ward have a population of 2,907. The church includes the communities of Wyke Champflower and Redlynch. Bruton has a museum of products from its past from the Jurassic onwards. It includes a table made use of by the writer John Steinbeck to compose on throughout a six-month remain in Bruton. The River Brue has a background of flooding. In 1768 it ruined a rock bridge. On 28 June 1917, 242.8 mm of rain fell in 24 hours, leaving a water mark on a bar 20 feet over the normal degree. In 1984 a safety dam was built 1 km upstream from the community.