Beaminster
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Beaminster is a town in Dorset, on the A3066 between Bridport and Crewkerne. It is in the valley of the River Brit. It is famous for the Beaminster Festival, an annual nine-day music and art festival.
During the civil war the town declared for Parliament, and was sacked by Royalist forces in 1644. The town did not get a railway and so remained in its small state, and today has a population of 2,936.
External links
- Beaminster Online (http://www.beaminster.org.uk/)
- Census data (http://www1.dorsetcc.gov.uk/LIVING/FACTS/Census2001.nsf/6cadf4da179fc19500256663004afece/41f0f60cd4a0577980256ec500509336?OpenDocument)