Bruton is a town, selecting ward, as well as civil church in Somerset, England, on the River Brue along the A359 between Frome as well as Yeovil. It is 7 miles (11 km) south-east of Shepton Club, simply south of Snakelake Hill and Coombe Hill, 10 miles (16 kilometres) north-west of Gillingham and also 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 districts of Wyke Champflower as well as Redlynch. Bruton has a gallery of items from its past from the Jurassic onwards. It includes a table made use of by the author John Steinbeck to create on throughout a six-month stay in Bruton. The River Brue has a background of flooding. In 1768 it destroyed a stone bridge. On 28 June 1917, 242.8 mm of rain fell in 24 hr, leaving a water mark on a bar 20 feet above the regular degree. In 1984 a protective dam was developed 1 kilometres upstream from the town.