Chard, Somerset
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Template:GBmap-named Chard is a town in the county of Somerset, England, situated on the A30 road near the Devon border, 15 miles south west of Yeovil. The town has a population of 11,730 (2002 estimate).
In 1685 Chard was one of the towns in which Judge Jeffreys held some of the Bloody Assizes after the failure of the Monmouth Rebellion.
Chard claims to be the birthplace of Aviation. It was here in 1848 that the Victorian aeronautical pioneer John Stringfellow (1799-1883) first demonstrated that engine-powered flight was possible.
- [1] (http://www.chardnet.co.uk/chfront.html) Chard was the original headquarters of Cerdic, the first King of Wessex. It is considered by some scholars that Cerdic was the basis of the legend of King Arthur & the Knights of The Round Table and that Camelot was in the vicinity of Chard
See also
External links
- Census data (http://www.somerset.gov.uk/somerset/statistics/contents/population/estimates/2002mye/)
- [2] (http://www.chardnet.co.uk) The History of Chard, the Ancient Capital of Wessex
- [3] (http://www.chardnet.co.uk/interest.html) List of Interesting places to visit round Chard and in Wessex