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Crewkerne
Crewkerne is a community and also electoral ward in Somerset, England, situated 9 miles (14 kilometres) south west of Yeovil as well as 7 miles (11 kilometres) east of Chard in the South Somerset district near the boundary with Dorset. The civil parish of West Crewkerne consists of the hamlets of Woolminstone and Henley. The town lies on the River Parrett, A30 road and also West of England Main Line railway. The earliest created document of Crewkerne remains in the 899 will of Alfred the Great that left it to his youngest child Æthelweard. After the Norman occupation it was held by William the Conqueror and in the Domesday Survey of 1086 was described as an imperial manor. Crewkerne Castle was potentially a Norman motte castle. The community matured in the late mediaeval period around the textile market, its wide range preserved in the fifteenth century Church of St Bartholomew. Throughout the 18th and also 19th centuries the primary market was fabric making, consisting of webbing, and sails for the Royal Navy. Regional eco-friendly sites include the Bincombe Beeches Local Nature Reserve and also the Millwater organic Site of Special Scientific Interest. Crewkerne train station is offered by South Western Railway on the main south western railway line. There are local grocery stores and also neighborhood shops, and also some local industry. The town is the birth place of a number of notable people and also has varied cultural and showing off facilities consisting of those at Wadham Community School.