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Montacute
Montacute is a small town as well as civil parish in Somerset, England, 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Yeovil. The village has a population of 831 (2011 census). The name Montacute is thought by some to originate from the Latin "Mons Acutus", referring to the conically acute St Michael's Hill controling the village to the west. An alternate sight is that it is called after Drogo de Montagu, whose family stemmed from Montaigu-les-Bois, in the arrondissement of Coutances. Mortain held Montacute after 1066, Drogo was a close partner. The village is constructed nearly totally of the local hamstone. From the 15th century until the start of the 20th century it created the heart of the estate of the Phelips family members of Montacute House. The town has a great middle ages church, and was the website of a Cluniac priory, the lodge of which is now a private house. At the centre of the town is a big square referred to as the 'District' around which are organized attractive cottages and also a bar, the Phelips Arms; there is a second public house and also hotel positioned in the village, called the King's Arms.