Beaminster
Beaminster is a village and also civil parish in Dorset, England, situated in the Dorset Council management location approximately 15 miles (24 km) northwest of the county town Dorchester. It is sited in a bowl-shaped valley near the source of the tiny River Brit. The 2013 mid-year quote of the population of Beaminster parish is 3,100. In its history Beaminster has been a centre of manufacture of linen as well as woollens, the raw materials for which were generated in the bordering countryside. The town experienced three significant fires in the 17th as well as 18th centuries; the initial of these, throughout the English Civil War, practically ruined the fabric of the community. Beaminster parish church is notable for its style, specifically its tower.