Area Guide

The earliest written record of Crewkerne is in the 899 will of Alfred the Great who left it to his youngest son Æthelweard. After the Norman conquest it was held by William the Conqueror and in the...

Martock is a large village of nearly 5000 people, situated not quite 1 mile from the A303 and on the edge of the beautiful Somerset Levels. It is part of South Somerset District and is only 7 miles...

The Saxon king of Wessex, Ine, built a palace on what is now Silver Street. The settlement that grew around there included a church and even a mint in the 11th century. It was calledSudperetone (the...