Bruton
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Bruton (/ˈbruːtən/ BROO-tən) is a market town,[2][3] electoral ward, and civil parish in Somerset, England, on the River Brue and the A359 between Frome and Yeovil. It is 7 miles (11 km) south-east of Shepton Mallet, just south of Snakelake Hill and Coombe Hill, 10 miles (16 km) north-west of Gillingham and 12 miles (19 km) south-west of Frome. The town and ward have a population of 2,907.[1] The parish includes the hamlets of Wyke Champflower and Redlynch. Bruton has a museum of items from the Jurassic era onwards.
Bruton | |
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Bruton viewed from the Dovecote | |
Location within Somerset | |
Population | 2,907 (2011)[1] |
OS grid reference | ST684350 |
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Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | BRUTON |
Postcode district | BA10 |
Dialling code | 01749 |
Police | Avon and Somerset |
Fire | Devon and Somerset |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
Website | Town Council |
51.113411°N 2.452801°W / 51.113411; -2.452801 |
It includes a table used by the author John Steinbeck on a six-month stay. The Brue is flood-prone – in 1768 it wrecked a stone bridge. The 242.8 mm of rain that fell on 28 June 1917 left a river watermark on a pub wall 20 feet above the mean.[4][5][6] In 1984 a protective dam was built upstream.[7]