Bruton
Bruton is a small town, selecting ward, and civil parish in Somerset, England, on the River Brue along the A359 in between Frome and Yeovil. It is 7 miles (11 km) south-east of Shepton Club, just southern of Snakelake Hill and Coombe Hill, 10 miles (16 kilometres) north-west of Gillingham and 12 miles (19 kilometres) south-west of Frome in South Somerset district. The community and ward have a population of 2,907. The parish consists of the hamlets of Wyke Champflower as well as Redlynch. Bruton has a gallery of items from its past from the Jurassic onwards. It consists of a table used by the author John Steinbeck to compose on during a six-month remain in Bruton. The River Brue has a history of flooding. In 1768 it damaged a stone bridge. On 28 June 1917, 242.8 mm of rainfall fell in 24 hours, leaving a water mark on a club 20 feet over the regular level. In 1984 a protective dam was constructed 1 km upstream from the community.