Montacute
Montacute is a small town and also civil parish in Somerset, England, 4 miles (6.4 kilometres) west of Yeovil. The village has a population of 831 (2011 census). The name Montacute is assumed by some to derive from the Latin "Mons Acutus", referring to the conically intense St Michael's Hill controling the village to the west. An alternative view is that it is called after Drogo de Montagu, whose household stemmed from Montaigu-les-Bois, in the arrondissement of Coutances. Mortain held Montacute after 1066, Drogo was a close associate. The village is constructed virtually totally of the local hamstone. From the 15th century up until the beginning of the 20th century it created the heart of the estate of the Phelips family members of Montacute House. The village has a fine middle ages church, and was the website of a Cluniac abbey, the gatehouse of which is now an exclusive house. At the centre of the town is a large square known as the 'District' around which are organized stunning cottages and also a bar, the Phelips Arms; there is a second pub as well as hotel positioned in the town, called the King's Arms.