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href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchet" title="Watchet – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Watchet" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%82" title="Уочет – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Уочет" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchet_(lungsod)" title="Watchet (lungsod) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Watchet (lungsod)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchet" title="Watchet – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Watchet" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchet" title="Watchet – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Watchet" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchet" title="Watchet – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Watchet" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%DA%86%D8%AA" title="واتچت – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="واتچت" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchet" title="Watchet – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Watchet" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchet" title="Watchet – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Watchet" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchet" title="Watchet – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Watchet" 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchet" title="Watchet – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Watchet" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchet" title="Watchet – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Watchet" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchet" title="Watchet – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Watchet" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" 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with sea on the left and hills in the background." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Watchet.jpg/240px-Watchet.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Watchet.jpg/360px-Watchet.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Watchet.jpg/480px-Watchet.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="663" /></a></span><div>View overlooking Watchet</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Somerset_UK_location_map.svg/360px-Somerset_UK_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Somerset_UK_location_map.svg/480px-Somerset_UK_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1425" data-file-height="901" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:49.4%;left:34.554%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Watchet"><img alt="Watchet" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Watchet</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location within <a href="/wiki/Somerset" title="Somerset">Somerset</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">3,785 <sup id="cite_ref-popn_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-popn-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid" title="Ordnance Survey National Grid">OS grid reference</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bing.com/maps/?mkt=en-gb&v=2&cp=51.179605~-3.326148&lvl=13&sp=Point.51.179605_-3.326148_Watchet&sty=s&style=s">ST074431</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Civil_parish" title="Civil parish">Civil 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England">Shire county</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Somerset" title="Somerset">Somerset</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_England" title="Regions of England">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/South_West_England" title="South West England">South West</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow adr"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Countries of the United Kingdom">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="country-name"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a 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.geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Watchet&params=51.1795_N_3.3242_W_region:GB_type:city(3785)"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">51°10′46″N</span> <span class="longitude">3°19′27″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">51.1795°N 3.3242°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">51.1795; -3.3242</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Swain_Street,_Watchet_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1889557.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Swain_Street%2C_Watchet_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1889557.jpg/260px-Swain_Street%2C_Watchet_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1889557.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Swain_Street%2C_Watchet_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1889557.jpg/390px-Swain_Street%2C_Watchet_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1889557.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Swain_Street%2C_Watchet_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1889557.jpg/520px-Swain_Street%2C_Watchet_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1889557.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>View along Swain Street, Watchet</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Watchet</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Harbour" class="mw-redirect" title="Harbour">harbour</a> town, <a href="/wiki/Civil_parishes_in_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil parishes in England">civil parish</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wards_and_electoral_divisions_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom">electoral ward</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England" title="Ceremonial counties of England">county</a> of <a href="/wiki/Somerset" title="Somerset">Somerset</a>, England, with a population in 2011 of 3,785.<sup id="cite_ref-popn_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-popn-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is situated 15 miles (24 km) west of <a href="/wiki/Bridgwater" title="Bridgwater">Bridgwater</a>, 15 miles (24 km) north-west of <a href="/wiki/Taunton" title="Taunton">Taunton</a>, and 9 miles (14 km) east of <a href="/wiki/Minehead" title="Minehead">Minehead</a>. The town lies at the mouth of the <a href="/wiki/Washford_River" title="Washford River">Washford River</a> on <a href="/wiki/Bridgwater_Bay" title="Bridgwater Bay">Bridgwater Bay</a>, part of the <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Channel" title="Bristol Channel">Bristol Channel</a>, and on the edge of <a href="/wiki/Exmoor" title="Exmoor">Exmoor National Park</a>. </p><p>The original settlement may have been at the <a href="/wiki/Iron_Age" title="Iron Age">Iron Age</a> fort, <a href="/wiki/Daw%27s_Castle" title="Daw's Castle">Daw's Castle</a>. It then moved to the mouth of the river and a small harbour developed. After the Saxon conquest of the area the town developed, becoming known as Weced or Waeced,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was attacked by <a href="/wiki/Vikings" title="Vikings">Vikings</a> in the 10th century. Trade using the harbour gradually grew, despite damage during several severe storms, with import and exports of goods including those from <a href="/wiki/Wansbrough_Paper_Mill" title="Wansbrough Paper Mill">Wansbrough Paper Mill</a> until the 19th century when it increased with the export of <a href="/wiki/Iron_ore" title="Iron ore">iron ore</a>, brought from the <a href="/wiki/Brendon_Hills" title="Brendon Hills">Brendon Hills</a> via the <a href="/wiki/West_Somerset_Mineral_Railway" title="West Somerset Mineral Railway">West Somerset Mineral Railway</a>, mainly to <a href="/wiki/Newport,_Wales" title="Newport, Wales">Newport</a> for onward transportation to the <a href="/wiki/Ebbw_Vale_Steelworks" title="Ebbw Vale Steelworks">Ebbw Vale Steelworks</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/West_Somerset_Railway" title="West Somerset Railway">West Somerset Railway</a> also served the town and port bringing goods and people from the <a href="/wiki/Bristol_and_Exeter_Railway" title="Bristol and Exeter Railway">Bristol and Exeter Railway</a>. The iron ore trade reduced, finally ceasing in the early 20th century. The port continued a smaller commercial trade until 2000 when it was converted into a <a href="/wiki/Marina" title="Marina">marina</a>. In 2016, Watchet joined the rest of West Somerset in receiving 'Opportunity Area' status.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The church is dedicated to <a href="/wiki/Saint_Decuman" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Decuman">Saint Decuman</a> who is thought to have died here around 706. An early church was built near Daw's Castle and a new church was erected in the 15th century. It has several tombs and monuments to <a href="/wiki/John_Wyndham_(1558%E2%80%931645)" title="John Wyndham (1558–1645)">Sir John Wyndham</a> and his family who were the lords of the manor. <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Taylor_Coleridge" title="Samuel Taylor Coleridge">Samuel Taylor Coleridge</a>'s poem <i><a href="/wiki/The_Rime_of_the_Ancient_Mariner" title="The Rime of the Ancient Mariner">The Rime of the Ancient Mariner</a></i>, which was written in the area, is commemorated by a statue on the harbourside. </p><p>East Quay Watchet is a purpose-built art gallery and arts centre that opened in 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Watchet&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The name of Watchet is attested in a number of <a href="/wiki/Charter" title="Charter">charters</a> and in the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle" title="Anglo-Saxon Chronicle">Anglo-Saxon Chronicle</a> during the tenth century, in the <a href="/wiki/Old_English" title="Old English">Old English</a> forms <i>weced</i>, <i>wæced</i>, and <i>wæcet</i>. It appears in the <a href="/wiki/Domesday_Book" title="Domesday Book">Domesday Book</a> of 1086 as <i>Wacet</i>. Twenty-first-century authorities mostly agree that the name comes from the <a href="/wiki/Common_Brittonic" title="Common Brittonic">Common Brittonic</a> words that survive in modern Welsh as <span title="Welsh-language text"><i lang="cy">gwo</i></span>- ("under-") and <span title="Welsh-language text"><i lang="cy">coed</i></span> ("woodland"). Thus the name once meant "under the wood".<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 332">: 332 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Watchet&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Daw%27s_Castle" title="Daw's Castle">Daw's Castle</a> (<i>Dart's Castle</i> or <i>Dane's Castle</i>) is an Iron Age sea cliff <a href="/wiki/Hill_fort" class="mw-redirect" title="Hill fort">hill fort</a> about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) to the west of the town. It was built and fortified, on the site of an earlier settlement, as a <i><a href="/wiki/Burh" title="Burh">burh</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Alfred_the_Great" title="Alfred the Great">Alfred the Great</a>, as part of his defences against <a href="/wiki/Vikings" title="Vikings">Viking</a> raids from the <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Channel" title="Bristol Channel">Bristol Channel</a> around 878 <a href="/wiki/Anno_Domini" title="Anno Domini">AD</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAdkinsAdkins199246_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAdkinsAdkins199246-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAston1982_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAston1982-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is situated on an east–west cliff about 80 metres (260 ft) above the sea, on a tapering spur of land bounded by the <a href="/wiki/Washford_River" title="Washford River">Washford River</a> to the south. Its ramparts would have formed a semicircle backing on to the sheer cliffs, but only about 300 metres (980 ft) are visible today.<sup id="cite_ref-gathercole_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gathercole-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A Saxon mint was established here in 1035, probably within the fort.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is a <a href="/wiki/Scheduled_monument" title="Scheduled monument">scheduled monument</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-pastscape_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pastscape-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There is no sign of Roman occupation, but the Anglo-Saxons took Watchet from the native Britons around AD 680. Under <a href="/wiki/Alfred_the_Great" title="Alfred the Great">Alfred the Great</a> (AD 871−901) Watchet became an important port, and coins minted here have been found as far away as <a href="/wiki/Copenhagen" title="Copenhagen">Copenhagen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stockholm" title="Stockholm">Stockholm</a>. The <i><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle" title="Anglo-Saxon Chronicle">Anglo-Saxon Chronicle</a></i> records the early port being plundered by Danes led by Earl <a href="/wiki/Ottir" title="Ottir">Ottir</a> and a 'Hroald' (possibly Ottir's king <a href="/wiki/Ragnall_ua_%C3%8Dmair" title="Ragnall ua Ímair">Ragnall</a>) in 987 and 997.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWaite1964_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWaite1964-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Looking_down_on_Wansborough_Papermill_(geograph_1928760).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Looking_down_on_Wansborough_Papermill_%28geograph_1928760%29.jpg/220px-Looking_down_on_Wansborough_Papermill_%28geograph_1928760%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Looking_down_on_Wansborough_Papermill_%28geograph_1928760%29.jpg/330px-Looking_down_on_Wansborough_Papermill_%28geograph_1928760%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Looking_down_on_Wansborough_Papermill_%28geograph_1928760%29.jpg/440px-Looking_down_on_Wansborough_Papermill_%28geograph_1928760%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="424" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Wansbrough_Paper_Mill" title="Wansbrough Paper Mill">Wansbrough Paper Mill</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Watchet is believed to be the place where <a href="/wiki/Decuman" title="Decuman">Saint Decuman</a> was killed around 706 and its parish church is dedicated to him. At the time of the <i><a href="/wiki/Domesday_Book" title="Domesday Book">Domesday Book</a></i> Watchet was part of the estate held by <a href="/wiki/William_de_Moyon" title="William de Moyon">William de Moyon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The parish of Watchet was in the <a href="/wiki/Hundred_of_Williton_and_Freemanners" title="Hundred of Williton and Freemanners">Williton and Freemanners</a> <a href="/wiki/Hundred_(county_division)" title="Hundred (county division)">Hundred</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> T </p><p>With access to wood from the <a href="/wiki/Quantock_Hills" title="Quantock Hills">Quantock Hills</a>, records show that paper making was established by 1652.<sup id="cite_ref-WatMus_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WatMus-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 15th century, a flour mill was established by the Fulford and Hadley families near the mouth of the <a href="/wiki/Washford_River" title="Washford River">Washford River</a>. By 1587 the Wyndham estate had established a <a href="/wiki/Gristmill" title="Gristmill">fulling and grist mill</a> to the south west.<sup id="cite_ref-gathercole_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gathercole-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1652, the mill had started to produce paper.<sup id="cite_ref-WatMus_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WatMus-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BritHist_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BritHist-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1846 business partners James Date, William Peach and John Wansbrough bought the business and introduced mechanised-production using a <a href="/wiki/Water_wheel" title="Water wheel">water wheel</a>-powered pulley system.<sup id="cite_ref-WatMus_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WatMus-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-EvEx_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EvEx-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1860s, the factory was converted to steam power and the local harbour was used to import raw materials and export finished goods.<sup id="cite_ref-BritHist_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BritHist-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Portsorg_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Portsorg-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of the mill was destroyed by fire in 1889, but it was rebuilt, and less than ten years later five paper-making machines were operating. The mill became the largest manufacturer of paper bags in the UK.<sup id="cite_ref-BritHist_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BritHist-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-EvEx_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EvEx-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1896, the business became the Wansbrough Paper Company, a <a href="/wiki/Limited_liability_company" title="Limited liability company">limited liability company</a>, and the building became known as the <a href="/wiki/Wansbrough_Paper_Mill" title="Wansbrough Paper Mill">Wansbrough Paper Mill</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WatMus_16-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WatMus-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With an annual capacity of 180,000 tonnes of product and employing 100 people, it was the UK's largest manufacturer of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Coreboard&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Coreboard (page does not exist)">coreboard</a>, and also produced <a href="/wiki/Containerboard" class="mw-redirect" title="Containerboard">containerboard</a>, recycled <a href="/wiki/Envelope" title="Envelope">envelope</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bag" title="Bag">bag</a> and kraft papers. In December 2015 the paper mill ceased production and closed.<sup id="cite_ref-PapWrld_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PapWrld-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Harbour">Harbour<span class="anchor" id="Watchet_Harbour_Act_1720"></span><span class="anchor" id="Watchet_Harbour_Act_1857"></span><span class="anchor" id="Watchet_Harbour_Act_1860"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Watchet&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Harbour"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Watchet_Harbour.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Watchet_Harbour.jpg/220px-Watchet_Harbour.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Watchet_Harbour.jpg/330px-Watchet_Harbour.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Watchet_Harbour.jpg/440px-Watchet_Harbour.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="418" /></a><figcaption>Commercial shipping in the harbour in 1973</figcaption></figure> <p>Watchet developed as a town thanks to its closeness to the minerals within the <a href="/wiki/Brendon_Hills" title="Brendon Hills">Brendon Hills</a>, and its access to the <a href="/wiki/River_Severn" title="River Severn">River Severn</a> for onward shipping. Aside from local ships plying trade across the river, from 1564 onwards the port was used for import of salt and wine from <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarr1954125–137_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarr1954125–137-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1643 during the <a href="/wiki/English_Civil_War" title="English Civil War">English Civil War</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Cavalier" title="Cavalier">Royalist</a> ship was sent to Watchet to reinforce for the siege of <a href="/wiki/Dunster_Castle" title="Dunster Castle">Dunster Castle</a>. <a href="/wiki/Roundhead" title="Roundhead">Parliamentarian (Roundhead)</a> Captain Popham ordered his troops into the sea with the tide on the ebb, and with the ship unable to move, attacked the ship with fire from their <a href="/wiki/Carbine" title="Carbine">carbines</a>. Taken by surprise and under heavy attack, the Royalist commander surrendered the ship, resulting in a ship technically at sea being captured by troops on horseback.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELeete-Hodge198541–42_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELeete-Hodge198541–42-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The primitive jetty was damaged in a storm of 1659, so that in 1708 leading local wool merchant Sir <a href="/wiki/Sir_William_Wyndham,_3rd_Baronet" title="Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet">William Wyndham</a> built a new harbour costing £1,000, with a stronger pier.<sup id="cite_ref-maritimehist_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-maritimehist-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBodyGallop2015117–122_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBodyGallop2015117–122-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The main export at this time was <a href="/wiki/Kelp" title="Kelp">kelp</a>, made by burning seaweed for use in glass making.<sup id="cite_ref-maritimehist_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-maritimehist-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 19th century trade increased with the export of <a href="/wiki/Iron_ore" title="Iron ore">iron ore</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Brendon_Hills" title="Brendon Hills">Brendon Hills</a> mainly to <a href="/wiki/Newport,_Wales" title="Newport, Wales">Newport</a> for onward transportation to the <a href="/wiki/Ebbw_Vale_Steelworks" title="Ebbw Vale Steelworks">Ebbw Vale Steelworks</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Portsorg_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Portsorg-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> paper, flour and gypsum.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarr1954125–137_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarr1954125–137-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1843 the esplanade was built by <a href="/wiki/George_Wyndham,_4th_Earl_of_Egremont" title="George Wyndham, 4th Earl of Egremont">George Wyndham, 4th Earl of Egremont</a>, and in 1855 a new harbour was commissioned to cope with increased iron ore trade. The existing harbour was damaged and several vessels wrecked by the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Charter_Storm" title="Royal Charter Storm">Royal Charter Storm</a> on 26 October 1859.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A new east pier and wharf was completed in 1861−62 by <a href="/wiki/James_Abernethy" title="James Abernethy">James Abernethy</a>. This allowed shipping movement to reach a peak, with over 1,100 ship movements per annum.<sup id="cite_ref-maritimehist_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-maritimehist-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Harbour trade was aided by the coming of the railway, with two independent railways terminating at Watchet from the mid 1860s. The <a href="/wiki/West_Somerset_Mineral_Railway" title="West Somerset Mineral Railway">West Somerset Mineral Railway</a> ran down from the iron mines on the Brendon Hills, and the <a href="/wiki/West_Somerset_Railway" title="West Somerset Railway">West Somerset Railway</a> came up from the <a href="/wiki/Bristol_and_Exeter_Railway" title="Bristol and Exeter Railway">Bristol and Exeter Railway</a> at <a href="/wiki/Norton_Fitzwarren" title="Norton Fitzwarren">Norton Fitzwarren</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarr1954125–137_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarr1954125–137-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the peak in the trade during the late 19th century 40,000 tons of ore were exported annually.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBodyGallop2015117–122_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBodyGallop2015117–122-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Harbour_at_Watchet,_Somerset,_England_arp.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Harbour_at_Watchet%2C_Somerset%2C_England_arp.jpg/220px-Harbour_at_Watchet%2C_Somerset%2C_England_arp.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Harbour_at_Watchet%2C_Somerset%2C_England_arp.jpg/330px-Harbour_at_Watchet%2C_Somerset%2C_England_arp.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Harbour_at_Watchet%2C_Somerset%2C_England_arp.jpg/440px-Harbour_at_Watchet%2C_Somerset%2C_England_arp.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2091" data-file-height="1455" /></a><figcaption>Watchet <a href="/wiki/Marina" title="Marina">marina</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In 1862, the cast-iron <a href="/wiki/Watchet_Harbour_Lighthouse" title="Watchet Harbour Lighthouse">Watchet Harbour Lighthouse</a> was built by <a href="/wiki/Hennet,_Spinks_and_Else" class="mw-redirect" title="Hennet, Spinks and Else">Hennet, Spinks and Else</a> of <a href="/wiki/Bridgwater" title="Bridgwater">Bridgwater</a>. In September 2012, <a href="/wiki/Anne,_Princess_Royal" title="Anne, Princess Royal">Princess Anne</a> unveiled a plaque to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the lighthouse.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The mines and West Somerset Mineral Railway closed in 1898. The West Somerset Railway, extended from Watchet to <a href="/wiki/Minehead" title="Minehead">Minehead</a> in 1874, survived as part of <a href="/wiki/British_Rail" title="British Rail">British Rail</a> until 1971. Reopened as a heritage railway, it still operates today. In 1900 and 1903 a series of gales breached the breakwater and East Pier with the loss of several vessels each time and subsequent repairs.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarr1954125–137_21-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarr1954125–137-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a>, the Cardiff Scrap and Salvage company Ltd. took a lease on part of the harbour, from 1920 to 1923. In autumn 1923, the company scrapped the second class <a href="/wiki/Protected_cruiser" title="Protected cruiser">protected cruiser</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Fox_(1893)" title="HMS Fox (1893)">HMS <i>Fox</i></a> of the <a href="/wiki/Astraea-class_cruiser" title="Astraea-class cruiser"><i>Astraea</i>-class</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a>, which at 320 feet (98 m) is still the largest vessel ever to enter the harbour.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>, a gunnery range was established for various army units to practice anti-aircraft gunnery at a site between Watchet and <a href="/wiki/Doniford,_Somerset" class="mw-redirect" title="Doniford, Somerset">Doniford</a>. Unmanned target aircraft were towed by planes from <a href="/wiki/RAF_Weston_Zoyland" title="RAF Weston Zoyland">RAF Weston Zoyland</a>, and later were fired from catapults over the sea.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBerryman2006127–131_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBerryman2006127–131-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Little of the camp buildings survives, and it is now the site of a holiday park.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The port remained open to service the papermills, importing wood pulp and <a href="/wiki/Esparto" title="Esparto">esparto grass</a> from <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scandinavia" title="Scandinavia">Scandinavia</a>, using mainly East European registered vessels after the Second World War.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarr197461_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarr197461-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Requiring a return load, the result was that Watchet became a leading UK port for the export of car parts, tractors and other industrial goods. However, with the replacement of coal with oil from the mid-1960s, the port traffic began to terminally decline. The harbour was in commercial use until 2000, it has now been converted into a <a href="/wiki/Marina" title="Marina">marina</a> for pleasure boats.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBodyGallop2015117–122_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBodyGallop2015117–122-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is surrounded by renovated quaysides and narrow streets. The commercial esplanade has been refurbished with new shelters, information points, and the provision of new paving in some areas, as well as railings, lamps, curved benches, planters and new tree plantings. </p><p>There are several museums in the town, including the <a href="/wiki/Market_House_Museum" title="Market House Museum">Market House Museum</a>, which explores the history of the town and its harbour. The building was constructed in 1820 on the site of the previous market house which had been demolished in 1805. It was converted into a museum in 1979.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It houses a collection of exhibits about the natural history of Watchet and the surrounding area. The focus is on nautical and maritime history of the port.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Artefacts include those relating to: Archaeology, Coins and Medals, Land Transport, Maritime, Natural Sciences, Science and Technology and Social History.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the rear of the museum building is the old town <a href="/wiki/Village_lock-up" title="Village lock-up">lock-up</a> for the temporary detention of people, often drunks who were usually released the next day or to hold people being brought before the local magistrate. The <a href="/wiki/Watchet_Boat_Museum" title="Watchet Boat Museum">Watchet Boat Museum</a>, which is housed in the 1862 <a href="/wiki/Victorian_architecture" title="Victorian architecture">Victorian architecture</a> former railway goods shed, displays the unusual local <a href="/w/index.php?title=Flatner&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Flatner (page does not exist)">flatner</a> boats and associated artefacts.<sup id="cite_ref-wsrwa_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wsrwa-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lifeboat">Lifeboat</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Watchet&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Lifeboat"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Watchet_library_former_lifeboat_station.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Watchet_library_former_lifeboat_station.jpg/220px-Watchet_library_former_lifeboat_station.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Watchet_library_former_lifeboat_station.jpg/330px-Watchet_library_former_lifeboat_station.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Watchet_library_former_lifeboat_station.jpg/440px-Watchet_library_former_lifeboat_station.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>The former lifeboat station which is now the library.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Royal_National_Lifeboat_Institution" title="Royal National Lifeboat Institution">Royal National Lifeboat Institution</a> stationed a <a href="/wiki/Lifeboat_(rescue)" title="Lifeboat (rescue)">lifeboat</a> at Watchet in 1875. The station was closed in 1944 by which time the nearby station at <a href="/wiki/Minehead_Lifeboat_Station" title="Minehead Lifeboat Station">Minehead</a> had been equipped with a motor lifeboat that could cover the area around Watchet.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The boat was launched from the slipway at the western corner of the harbour, but the boat house was at the southern corner near the railway station and the boat was taken along the quay on a carriage. Since closure the boat house has been converted into a library.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance">Governance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Watchet&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The civil parish of Watchet is governed by a <a href="/wiki/Town_council" title="Town council">town council</a>, having previously been <a href="/w/index.php?title=Watchet_Urban_District&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Watchet Urban District (page does not exist)">Watchet Urban District</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Administratively, the civil parish falls within the <a href="/wiki/Somerset_West_and_Taunton" title="Somerset West and Taunton">Somerset West and Taunton</a> <a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_district" title="Non-metropolitan district">local government district</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Somerset" title="Somerset">Somerset</a> <a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_county" title="Non-metropolitan county">shire county</a>. Administrative tasks are shared between county, district and town councils. In 2011, the parish had a population of 3,785.<sup id="cite_ref-popn_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-popn-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wtcwtc_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wtcwtc-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Watchet forms part of the <a href="/wiki/Tiverton_and_Minehead_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Tiverton and Minehead (UK Parliament constituency)">Tiverton and Minehead</a> <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_constituencies#County_constituencies_and_borough_constituencies" title="United Kingdom constituencies">county constituency</a> represented in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a>. It elects one <a href="/wiki/Member_of_parliament" title="Member of parliament">Member of parliament (MP)</a> by the <a href="/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting" title="First-past-the-post voting">First-past-the-post</a> system of election. The current MP is <a href="/wiki/Ian_Liddell-Grainger" title="Ian Liddell-Grainger">Ian Liddell-Grainger</a>, a member of the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservatives</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Until Brexit in 2020, residents of Watchet formed part of the electorate for the <a href="/wiki/South_West_England_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="South West England (European Parliament constituency)">South West England</a> constituency for elections to the <a href="/wiki/European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European Parliament</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Watchet&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Ancient_Mariner_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5120117.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/The_Ancient_Mariner_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5120117.jpg/170px-The_Ancient_Mariner_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5120117.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="245" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/The_Ancient_Mariner_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5120117.jpg/255px-The_Ancient_Mariner_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5120117.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/The_Ancient_Mariner_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5120117.jpg/340px-The_Ancient_Mariner_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5120117.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2279" data-file-height="3283" /></a><figcaption>A statue of the Ancient Mariner at Watchet Harbour, unveiled in September 2003 as a tribute to <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Taylor_Coleridge" title="Samuel Taylor Coleridge">Samuel Taylor Coleridge</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The foreshore at Watchet is rocky, with a high 6 metres (20 ft) <a href="/wiki/Tidal_range" title="Tidal range">tidal range</a>. The cliffs between Watchet and <a href="/wiki/Blue_Anchor" title="Blue Anchor">Blue Anchor</a> show a distinct pale, greenish blue colour, resulting from the coloured <a href="/wiki/Alabaster" title="Alabaster">alabaster</a> found there. The name "Watchet" or "Watchet Blue" was used in the 16th century to denote this colour.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELeete-Hodge198541_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELeete-Hodge198541-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A fragment of a lower jaw from a <a href="/wiki/Phytosaur" title="Phytosaur">Phytosaur</a> <i>longirostrine archosaur</i> has been described from early <a href="/wiki/Hettangian" title="Hettangian">Hettangian</a> strata.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kentsford Bridge is a <a href="/wiki/Packhorse_bridge" title="Packhorse bridge">packhorse bridge</a> over the Washford River. It existed before the <a href="/wiki/Reformation" title="Reformation">Reformation</a>, possibly being a route to <a href="/wiki/Cleeve_Abbey" title="Cleeve Abbey">Cleeve Abbey</a> and was repaired in 1613. The bridge is 54 inches (1,400 mm) wide and has a total span of 16 feet (4.9 m).<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Watchet&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Taylor_Coleridge" title="Samuel Taylor Coleridge">Samuel Taylor Coleridge</a>'s poem <i><a href="/wiki/The_Rime_of_the_Ancient_Mariner" title="The Rime of the Ancient Mariner">The Rime of the Ancient Mariner</a></i> was written in 1797 whilst travelling through Watchet and the surrounding area. He lived at <a href="/wiki/Coleridge_Cottage" title="Coleridge Cottage">Coleridge Cottage</a> in <a href="/wiki/Nether_Stowey" title="Nether Stowey">Nether Stowey</a> and while living there he wrote "<a href="/wiki/This_Lime-Tree_Bower_My_Prison" title="This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison">This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison</a>", part of "<a href="/wiki/Christabel_(poem)" title="Christabel (poem)">Christabel</a>", <i><a href="/wiki/Frost_at_Midnight" title="Frost at Midnight">Frost at Midnight</a></i> and <i>The Rime of the Ancient Mariner</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It is claimed that the sight of harbour, from St. Decuman's Church, was the primary inspiration for Coleridge to start the poem. In September 2003, a commemorative statue, by Alan B Herriot of <a href="/wiki/Penicuik" title="Penicuik">Penicuik</a>, Scotland, was unveiled at the harbour.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Local traditions include Lantern Night, which is held on 16 September and involves children in the town with candle lanterns made from hollowed out root vegetables such as <a href="/wiki/Mangelwurzel" title="Mangelwurzel">mangelwurzel</a> or <a href="/wiki/Rutabaga" title="Rutabaga">swede</a>. It was the last remaining reminder of the Watchet Fair (also known as St Decuman's Fair).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENorman199229–30_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENorman199229–30-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another tradition is Queen Caturn's Day on the last Saturday of November. Watchet was famous for its blue dye and Queen Caturn was so impressed she bestowed the town's folk with cider and cakes as a reward for this. The tradition is carried on with costumes and celebrations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Watchet&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Local news and television programmes are <a href="/wiki/BBC_West" title="BBC West">BBC West</a> and <a href="/wiki/ITV_West_Country" title="ITV West Country">ITV West Country</a>. Television signals are received from the <a href="/wiki/Mendip_transmitting_station" title="Mendip transmitting station">Mendip</a> TV transmitter.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Local radio stations are <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Somerset" title="BBC Radio Somerset">BBC Radio Somerset</a> on 95.5 FM, <a href="/wiki/Heart_West" title="Heart West">Heart West</a> on 102.6 FM, <a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_Radio_South_West" title="Greatest Hits Radio South West">Greatest Hits Radio South West</a> on 102.4 FM, and West Somerset Radio, community based radio station that broadcast from the town on 104.4 FM.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The town is served by local newspapers, West Somerset Free Press and <a href="/wiki/Somerset_County_Gazette" title="Somerset County Gazette">Somerset County Gazette</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Watchet&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Adjacent to the harbour is <a href="/wiki/Watchet_railway_station" title="Watchet railway station">Watchet station</a>. This is now an intermediate stop on the <a href="/wiki/West_Somerset_Railway" title="West Somerset Railway">West Somerset Railway</a>, a largely <a href="/wiki/Steam" title="Steam">steam</a>-operated <a href="/wiki/Heritage_railway" title="Heritage railway">heritage railway</a> that links <a href="/wiki/Bishops_Lydeard" title="Bishops Lydeard">Bishops Lydeard</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Taunton" title="Taunton">Taunton</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Minehead" title="Minehead">Minehead</a>. The station was first opened on 31 March 1862, when the West Somerset Railway was opened from <a href="/wiki/Norton_Fitzwarren_railway_station" title="Norton Fitzwarren railway station">Norton Junction</a>. The station was built as a terminus, for part of the commercial aim of the WSR was to provide a wider and cheaper distribution route for goods from the then major port of Watchet. The line was extended westwards by the <a href="/wiki/Minehead_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Minehead Railway">Minehead Railway</a> Company on 16 July 1874, with an <a href="/wiki/Industrial_railway" title="Industrial railway">industrial railway</a> siding provided at the same time into the <a href="/wiki/Wansbrough_Paper_Mill" title="Wansbrough Paper Mill">Wansbrough Paper Mill</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wsrorg_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wsrorg-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The GWR undertook many projects to increase the capacity of the line in the 1930s. <a href="/wiki/Nationalisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Nationalisation">Nationalisation</a> in 1948 saw the GWR become the <a href="/wiki/Western_Region_of_British_Railways" title="Western Region of British Railways">Western Region of British Railways</a>. Freight traffic was withdrawn on 6 July 1964, and passenger trains on 4 January 1971. The station was reopened by the new West Somerset Railway on 28 August 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOakley2006_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOakley2006-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Arrival_at_Watchet_(2914126943).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Arrival_at_Watchet_%282914126943%29.jpg/220px-Arrival_at_Watchet_%282914126943%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Arrival_at_Watchet_%282914126943%29.jpg/330px-Arrival_at_Watchet_%282914126943%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Arrival_at_Watchet_%282914126943%29.jpg/440px-Arrival_at_Watchet_%282914126943%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="776" data-file-height="510" /></a><figcaption>No.34007 <i>Wadebridge</i>, a former-SR <a href="/wiki/SR_West_Country_and_Battle_of_Britain_classes" title="SR West Country and Battle of Britain classes">West Country class</a> 4-6-2 Pacific, arrives into <a href="/wiki/Watchet_railway_station" title="Watchet railway station">Watchet railway station</a> from Minehead, heading a passenger train on the heritage <a href="/wiki/West_Somerset_Railway" title="West Somerset Railway">West Somerset Railway</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The harbour was also linked, with a <a href="/wiki/Watchet_(WSMR)_railway_station" title="Watchet (WSMR) railway station">separate station</a>, to the independent <a href="/wiki/West_Somerset_Mineral_Railway" title="West Somerset Mineral Railway">West Somerset Mineral Railway</a>, that ran to <a href="/wiki/Iron_ore" title="Iron ore">iron ore</a> mines in the <a href="/wiki/Brendon_Hills" title="Brendon Hills">Brendon Hills</a> south west of the town. From Watchet the ore was carried across the Bristol Channel by ship to <a href="/wiki/Newport,_Wales" title="Newport, Wales">Newport</a> and thence to <a href="/wiki/Ebbw_Vale" title="Ebbw Vale">Ebbw Vale</a> for smelting to extract the iron. The line was ready for traffic from Watchet to Roadwater by April 1857,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMitchellSmith1990_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMitchellSmith1990-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThomas1966_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThomas1966-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although the outward terminal of the line was to be the quay at Watchet, the pier had been practically unusable for some considerable time, and boats were beached and loaded direct from carts brought on to the foreshore.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarr1954125–137_21-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarr1954125–137-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After considerable public pressure, the Watchet Harbour Act was passed in 1857, placing it under the control of Commissioners; they built a new east pier and rebuilt the west pier; the work was finished in 1862, and 500 ton vessels could enter the harbour.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThomas1966_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThomas1966-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Passenger services were also provided from Watchet, however these were not financially successful and with the declining output from the Iron ore mines the line closed in 1898.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECarter1959_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECarter1959-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMitchellSmith1990_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMitchellSmith1990-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It briefly reopened in the early 20th century.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The trackbed of the old West Somerset Mineral Railway now forms a path, which can be followed from the harbour at Watchet to <a href="/wiki/Washford_railway_station" title="Washford railway station">Washford station</a>, also on the West Somerset Railway.<sup id="cite_ref-wsrwa_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wsrwa-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wtcdo_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wtcdo-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Watchet&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Knights Templar Church of England/Methodist Community School in Liddymore Road was built in 1990. It takes its name from the land on which it was built which was owned by the <a href="/wiki/Knights_Templar" title="Knights Templar">Knights Templar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Middle_school#United_Kingdom" title="Middle school">Middle</a> and an <a href="/wiki/Upper_school" title="Upper school">upper schools</a> are available in <a href="/wiki/Williton" title="Williton">Williton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minehead" title="Minehead">Minehead</a> including <a href="/wiki/The_West_Somerset_Community_College" class="mw-redirect" title="The West Somerset Community College">The West Somerset Community College</a>, which provides education for 1298 students between the ages of 13 and 18.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religious_sites">Religious sites</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Watchet&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Religious sites"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:St_Decuman_church,_Watchet.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/St_Decuman_church%2C_Watchet.jpg/220px-St_Decuman_church%2C_Watchet.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/St_Decuman_church%2C_Watchet.jpg/330px-St_Decuman_church%2C_Watchet.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/St_Decuman_church%2C_Watchet.jpg/440px-St_Decuman_church%2C_Watchet.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>The medieval parish church of Watchet is dedicated to St Decuman</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Anglicanism" title="Anglicanism">Anglican</a> <a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_Decuman,_Watchet" class="mw-redirect" title="Church of St Decuman, Watchet">St Decuman's church</a> is probably on an ancient pre-Christian site, on a hill top between Watchet and Williton. An earlier church was situated by the sea at <a href="/wiki/Daw%27s_Castle" title="Daw's Castle">Daw's Castle</a> (probably the original site of Watchet) but was abandoned because of sea erosion. When the church was rebuilt in the 12th century it appears that the bones of St Decuman were moved. The chancel of the present church is unusually wide and may have housed the tomb of St Decuman. The "Translation of Saint Decuman" used to be celebrated. The 15th century, Grade I <a href="/wiki/Listed_building" title="Listed building">listed</a>, <a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_Decuman,_Watchet" class="mw-redirect" title="Church of St Decuman, Watchet">Church of St Decuman</a> is dedicated to him.<sup id="cite_ref-IoE_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IoE-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Norman_architecture" title="Norman architecture">Norman</a> church was rebuilt in the 15th and 16th centuries when the central tower was demolished and the present one built at the west end. It was <a href="/wiki/Victorian_restoration" title="Victorian restoration">restored</a> and reseated by <a href="/wiki/James_Piers_St_Aubyn" title="James Piers St Aubyn">James Piers St Aubyn</a> between 1886 and 1891, with further internal alterations being made in 1896 when the <a href="/wiki/Caen" title="Caen">Caen</a> stone <a href="/wiki/Reredos" title="Reredos">reredos</a> was erected.<sup id="cite_ref-IoE_62-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IoE-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The church was described by <a href="/wiki/Francis_Carolus_Eeles" title="Francis Carolus Eeles">Francis Carolus Eeles</a> ("St Decuman's Church") in 1932. He highlighted a fine geometrical east window with original tracery dating from the end of the 13th century and the <a href="/wiki/Perpendicular_Period" class="mw-redirect" title="Perpendicular Period">perpendicular</a> window tracery in the south isle. The series of wagon roofs with rich carving are above the <a href="/wiki/Rood_screen" title="Rood screen">rood screen</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Nave" title="Nave">nave</a> and south <a href="/wiki/Aisle" title="Aisle">aisle</a>. The Wyndham Chapel occupies the east end of the north aisle and is dedicated to the Wyndham family of nearby <a href="/wiki/Orchard_Wyndham" title="Orchard Wyndham">Orchard Wyndham</a> House, former <a href="/wiki/Lord_of_the_manor" title="Lord of the manor">lords of the manor</a>. Included is a memorial to Sir <a href="/wiki/John_Wyndham_(1558%E2%80%931645)" title="John Wyndham (1558–1645)">John Wyndham</a> (1558–1645), who played an important role in the establishment of defence organisation in the <a href="/wiki/West_Country" title="West Country">West Country</a> against the threat of the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Armada" title="Spanish Armada">Spanish Armada</a>. Next to his monument is one to his parents, and the chest tomb of his grandparents, with <a href="/wiki/Monumental_brass" title="Monumental brass">monumental brasses</a>, serves to separate the chapel from the chancel. A mural monument exists with kneeling effigies of two of Sir John's sons, Henry and George, as well as other monuments to the later family of Wyndham. The organ was presented to the church in 1933 by W. Wyndham. </p><p>St Decuman's well is below the church. It is a 19th-century reconstruction of the earlier well on the site which dates from the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to the Church of St Decumen there is also a Methodist church in Watchet. It was built as a <a href="/wiki/Wesleyanism" class="mw-redirect" title="Wesleyanism">Wesleyan</a> chapel in 1871.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Baptist" class="mw-redirect" title="Baptist">Baptist</a> church was built in 1824.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Cleeve_Abbey" title="Cleeve Abbey">Cleeve Abbey</a>, one of the best preserved <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">medieval</a> <a href="/wiki/Monastery" title="Monastery">monasteries</a> in England, lies about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Watchet, in the village of <a href="/wiki/Washford" title="Washford">Washford</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Watchet&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-popn-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-popn_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-popn_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-popn_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.somersetintelligence.org.uk/files/Somerset%20Census%20Key%20Statistics%20-%20Summary%20Profiles.xls">"Statistics for Wards, LSOAs and Parishes — SUMMARY Profiles"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(Excel)</span>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 March</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=National+Monuments+Record&rft.atitle=Daws+Castle&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pastscape.org.uk%2Fhob.aspx%3Fhob_id%3D188490&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWatchet" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWaite1964-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWaite1964_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWaite1964">Waite 1964</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.somersetheritage.org.uk/record/34163">"Medieval town and port, Watchet"</a>. <i>Somerset Historic Environment Record</i>. Somerset County Council. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161003100958/http://www.somersetheritage.org.uk/record/34163">Archived</a> from the original on 3 October 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 June</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Somerset+Historic+Environment+Record&rft.atitle=Medieval+town+and+port%2C+Watchet&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.somersetheritage.org.uk%2Frecord%2F34163&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWatchet" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Miscellaneous/">"Somerset Hundreds"</a>. GENUKI. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120119134349/http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Miscellaneous/">Archived</a> from the original on 19 January 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 October</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Somerset+Hundreds&rft.pub=GENUKI&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.genuki.org.uk%2Fbig%2Feng%2FSOM%2FMiscellaneous%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWatchet" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-WatMus-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-WatMus_16-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WatMus_16-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WatMus_16-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WatMus_16-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.watchetmuseum.co.uk/social_history.php">"Social history of Watchet"</a>. Watchet Museum. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140221190325/http://www.watchetmuseum.co.uk/social_history.php">Archived</a> from the original on 21 February 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 February</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Social+history+of+Watchet&rft.pub=Watchet+Museum&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.watchetmuseum.co.uk%2Fsocial_history.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWatchet" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BritHist-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-BritHist_17-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BritHist_17-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BritHist_17-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBaggsBushSiraut" class="citation web cs1">Baggs, A.P.; Bush, R.J.E.; Siraut, M.C. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/som/vol5/pp143-171">"Parishes: St. Decumans, including Watchet and Williton"</a>. <i>British History Online</i>. Victoria County History. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150607060445/http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/som/vol5/pp143-171">Archived</a> from the original on 7 June 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 June</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=British+History+Online&rft.atitle=Parishes%3A+St.+Decumans%2C+including+Watchet+and+Williton&rft.aulast=Baggs&rft.aufirst=A.P.&rft.au=Bush%2C+R.J.E.&rft.au=Siraut%2C+M.C.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.british-history.ac.uk%2Fvch%2Fsom%2Fvol5%2Fpp143-171&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWatchet" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-EvEx-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-EvEx_18-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-EvEx_18-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.everythingexmoor.org.uk/encyclopedia_detail.php?ENCid=1025">"Wansbrough Paper Mill"</a>. EverythingExmoor.org.uk. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140222150820/http://www.everythingexmoor.org.uk/encyclopedia_detail.php?ENCid=1025">Archived</a> from the original on 22 February 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 February</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Wansbrough+Paper+Mill&rft.pub=EverythingExmoor.org.uk&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everythingexmoor.org.uk%2Fencyclopedia_detail.php%3FENCid%3D1025&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWatchet" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Portsorg-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Portsorg_19-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Portsorg_19-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ports.org.uk/port.asp?id=218">"Watchet harbour"</a>. Ports.org.uk. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140307234030/http://www.ports.org.uk/port.asp?id=218">Archived</a> from the original on 7 March 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 July</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Watchet+harbour&rft.pub=Ports.org.uk&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ports.org.uk%2Fport.asp%3Fid%3D218&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWatchet" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PapWrld-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-PapWrld_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.paper-world.com/firmeninfo.php?sprache=uk&menue=12&keyfirma=1307819&AktuelleSeite=0">"Company information — DS Smith Paper, Wansbrough Mill"</a>. BIRKNER International PaperWorld. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626132640/http://www.paper-world.com/firmeninfo.php?sprache=uk&menue=12&keyfirma=1307819&AktuelleSeite=0">Archived</a> from the original on 26 June 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 June</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Company+information+%E2%80%94+DS+Smith+Paper%2C+Wansbrough+Mill&rft.pub=BIRKNER+International+PaperWorld&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.paper-world.com%2Ffirmeninfo.php%3Fsprache%3Duk%26menue%3D12%26keyfirma%3D1307819%26AktuelleSeite%3D0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWatchet" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarr1954125–137-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarr1954125–137_21-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarr1954125–137_21-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarr1954125–137_21-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarr1954125–137_21-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarr1954125–137_21-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFarr1954">Farr 1954</a>, pp. 125–137.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.watchetmuseum.co.uk/maritime.php">"Maritime history"</a>. Watchet Museum. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130724032338/http://watchetmuseum.co.uk/maritime.php">Archived</a> from the original on 24 July 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 July</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Maritime+history&rft.pub=Watchet+Museum&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.watchetmuseum.co.uk%2Fmaritime.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWatchet" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELeete-Hodge198541–42-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELeete-Hodge198541–42_23-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLeete-Hodge1985">Leete-Hodge 1985</a>, pp. 41–42.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-maritimehist-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-maritimehist_24-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-maritimehist_24-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-maritimehist_24-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.watchetmuseum.co.uk/maritime.php">"Maritime History of Watchet"</a>. Watchet Museum. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150613115211/http://www.watchetmuseum.co.uk/maritime.php">Archived</a> from the original on 13 June 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 June</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Maritime+History+of+Watchet&rft.pub=Watchet+Museum&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.watchetmuseum.co.uk%2Fmaritime.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWatchet" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBodyGallop2015117–122-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBodyGallop2015117–122_25-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBodyGallop2015117–122_25-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBodyGallop2015117–122_25-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBodyGallop2015">Body & Gallop 2015</a>, pp. 117–122.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJones2011" class="citation book cs1">Jones, M.H. 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Lightmoor Press. p. 95. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-899889-53-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-899889-53-2"><bdi>978-1-899889-53-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Brendon+Hills+Iron+Mines+and+the+West+Somerset+Mineral+Railway&rft.pages=95&rft.pub=Lightmoor+Press&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-1-899889-53-2&rft.aulast=Jones&rft.aufirst=M.H.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWatchet" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140308210514/http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/Princess-Royal-pays-visit-Watchet-lighthouse/story-16956765-detail/story.html">"Princess Royal pays visit to Watchet lighthouse"</a>. <i>Western Daily Press</i>. 21 September 2012. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/Princess-Royal-pays-visit-Watchet-lighthouse/story-16956765-detail/story.html">the original</a> on 8 March 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 June</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Western+Daily+Press&rft.atitle=Princess+Royal+pays+visit+to+Watchet+lighthouse&rft.date=2012-09-21&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.westerndailypress.co.uk%2FPrincess-Royal-pays-visit-Watchet-lighthouse%2Fstory-16956765-detail%2Fstory.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWatchet" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cachalots.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Last-Voyage-of-HMS-Fox.pdf">"The Last Voyage Of the Cruiser H.M.S. Fox"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. The Cachalots The Southampton Master Mariners. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150923195711/http://www.cachalots.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Last-Voyage-of-HMS-Fox.pdf">Archived</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> from the original on 23 September 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 June</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Last+Voyage+Of+the+Cruiser+H.M.S.+Fox&rft.pub=The+Cachalots+The+Southampton+Master+Mariners&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cachalots.org.uk%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F01%2FLast-Voyage-of-HMS-Fox.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWatchet" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBerryman2006127–131-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBerryman2006127–131_29-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBerryman2006">Berryman 2006</a>, pp. 127–131.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.somersetheritage.org.uk/record/15839">"Doniford Camp, Doniford"</a>. <i>Somerset Historic Environment Record</i>. <a href="/wiki/Somerset_County_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Somerset County Council">Somerset County Council</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 October</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=WSR+%3A%3A+West+Somerset+Railway+%3A%3A+Watchet+Station&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsr.org.uk%2Fwt.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWatchet" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEOakley2006-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOakley2006_54-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFOakley2006">Oakley 2006</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMitchellSmith1990-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMitchellSmith1990_55-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMitchellSmith1990_55-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMitchellSmith1990">Mitchell & Smith 1990</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEThomas1966-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThomas1966_56-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThomas1966_56-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFThomas1966">Thomas 1966</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTECarter1959-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECarter1959_57-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCarter1959">Carter 1959</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-58">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.exmoorher.co.uk/hbsmr-web/record.aspx?UID=MSO7702-Colton-Pits-(Monument)">"MSO7702 - Colton Pits"</a>. 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Watchet Town Council. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090115090841/http://www.watchettowncouncil.org/?page=do">Archived</a> from the original on 15 January 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 October</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Things+to+do&rft.pub=Watchet+Town+Council&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.watchettowncouncil.org%2F%3Fpage%3Ddo&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWatchet" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-60"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-60">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.knightstemplarfirst.co.uk/">"Welcome"</a>. 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Ofsted. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160305171537/http://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/136791">Archived</a> from the original on 5 March 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 June</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=National+Heritage+List+for+England&rft.atitle=Methodist+Church+%281057626%29&rft.au=Historic+England&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2FHistoricEngland.org.uk%2Flisting%2Fthe-list%2Flist-entry%2F1057626%3Fsection%3Dofficial-list-entry&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWatchet" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-66"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-66">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHistoric_England1345563" class="citation web cs1"><a href="/wiki/Historic_England" title="Historic England">Historic England</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://HistoricEngland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1345563?section=official-list-entry">"Baptist Church and Sunday School, railings and gate (1345563)"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/National_Heritage_List_for_England" title="National Heritage List for England">National Heritage List for England</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 June</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=National+Heritage+List+for+England&rft.atitle=Baptist+Church+and+Sunday+School%2C+railings+and+gate+%281345563%29&rft.au=Historic+England&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2FHistoricEngland.org.uk%2Flisting%2Fthe-list%2Flist-entry%2F1345563%3Fsection%3Dofficial-list-entry&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWatchet" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Watchet&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAdkinsAdkins1992" class="citation book cs1">Adkins, Lesley; Adkins, Roy (1992). <i>A Field Guide to Somerset Archaeology</i>. Wimborne, Dorset: Dovecote Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0946159949" title="Special:BookSources/978-0946159949"><bdi>978-0946159949</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Field+Guide+to+Somerset+Archaeology&rft.place=Wimborne%2C+Dorset&rft.pub=Dovecote+Press&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=978-0946159949&rft.aulast=Adkins&rft.aufirst=Lesley&rft.au=Adkins%2C+Roy&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWatchet" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAston1982" class="citation book cs1">Aston, Michael (1982). Ian Burrow (ed.). <i>The Archaeology of Somerset</i>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0861830282" title="Special:BookSources/978-0861830282"><bdi>978-0861830282</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Archaeology+of+Somerset&rft.date=1982&rft.isbn=978-0861830282&rft.aulast=Aston&rft.aufirst=Michael&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWatchet" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBerryman2006" class="citation book cs1">Berryman, David (2006). <i>Somerset airfields in the Second World War</i>. Newbury: Countryside Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85306-864-0" title="Special:BookSources/1-85306-864-0"><bdi>1-85306-864-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Somerset+airfields+in+the+Second+World+War&rft.place=Newbury&rft.pub=Countryside+Books&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=1-85306-864-0&rft.aulast=Berryman&rft.aufirst=David&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWatchet" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBodyGallop2015" class="citation book cs1">Body, Geoff; Gallop, Roy (2015). <i>Any Muddy Bottom: A History of Somerset's Waterborne Trade</i>. History Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780750961639" title="Special:BookSources/9780750961639"><bdi>9780750961639</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Any+Muddy+Bottom%3A+A+History+of+Somerset%27s+Waterborne+Trade&rft.pub=History+Press&rft.date=2015&rft.isbn=9780750961639&rft.aulast=Body&rft.aufirst=Geoff&rft.au=Gallop%2C+Roy&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWatchet" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCarter1959" class="citation book cs1">Carter, E. (1959). <i>An Historical Geography of the Railways of the British Isles</i>. Cassell.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=An+Historical+Geography+of+the+Railways+of+the+British+Isles&rft.pub=Cassell&rft.date=1959&rft.aulast=Carter&rft.aufirst=E.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWatchet" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFarr1954" class="citation book cs1">Farr, Grahame (1954). <i>Somerset Harbours</i>. Christopher Johnson.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Somerset+Harbours&rft.pub=Christopher+Johnson&rft.date=1954&rft.aulast=Farr&rft.aufirst=Grahame&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWatchet" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFarr1974" class="citation book cs1">Farr, Grahame (1974). <i>Ships and Harbours of Exmoor</i> (2 ed.). Exmoor Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0900131158" title="Special:BookSources/978-0900131158"><bdi>978-0900131158</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ships+and+Harbours+of+Exmoor&rft.edition=2&rft.pub=Exmoor+Press&rft.date=1974&rft.isbn=978-0900131158&rft.aulast=Farr&rft.aufirst=Grahame&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWatchet" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLeete-Hodge1985" class="citation book cs1">Leete-Hodge, Lornie (1985). <i>Curiosities of Somerset</i>. Bodmin: Bossiney Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-906456-99-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-906456-99-6"><bdi>978-0-906456-99-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Curiosities+of+Somerset&rft.place=Bodmin&rft.pub=Bossiney+Books&rft.date=1985&rft.isbn=978-0-906456-99-6&rft.aulast=Leete-Hodge&rft.aufirst=Lornie&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWatchet" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMitchellSmith1990" class="citation book cs1">Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1990). <i>Branch Line to Minehead: Preservation Perfection</i>. Middleton Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0906520802" title="Special:BookSources/978-0906520802"><bdi>978-0906520802</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Branch+Line+to+Minehead%3A+Preservation+Perfection&rft.pub=Middleton+Press&rft.date=1990&rft.isbn=978-0906520802&rft.aulast=Mitchell&rft.aufirst=Vic&rft.au=Smith%2C+Keith&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWatchet" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNorman1992" class="citation book cs1">Norman, W.H. (Ben) (1992). <i>Legends and Folklore of Watchet</i>. 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Unitary authorities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bath_and_North_East_Somerset" title="Bath and North East Somerset">Bath and North East Somerset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Somerset" title="North Somerset">North Somerset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerset_Council" title="Somerset Council">Somerset Council</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Major settlements<br />(cities in italics)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Axbridge" title="Axbridge">Axbridge</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bath,_Somerset" title="Bath, Somerset">Bath</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridgwater" title="Bridgwater">Bridgwater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruton" title="Bruton">Bruton</a></li> 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