Chard
Chard | ||
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St Mary's Church | ||
Coordinates | 50 ° 52 ′ N , 2 ° 58 ′ W | |
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Residents | 11,730 (as of 2002) | |
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Post town | Chard | |
ZIP code section | TA20 | |
prefix | 01460 | |
Part of the country | England | |
region | South West England | |
Shire county | Somerset | |
Ceremonial county | Somerset | |
Civil Parish | Chard | |
Website: www.chard.gov.uk | ||
Chard is a small English town in Somerset in the south-west of Great Britain . It has around 11,700 residents and belongs to the South Somerset district . It is about 25 km west of Yeovil , on the edge of the county of Devon . At 125 m, it is the highest town in the county.
history
It is believed that Chard was one of the headquarters of Cerdic , the first King of Wessex . Some historians argue that Cerdic is the model of the King Arthur legend and that Camelot could have been located near Chard.
In 1685 Chard was one of the places where the judge George Jeffreys conducted his "bloody" trials ( Bloody Assizes ).
additional
Chard describes itself as the birthplace of aviation, as aviation pioneers William Samuel Henson and John Stringfellow tested several steam-powered powered aircraft models here. Replicas of the Stringfellow models can be seen in the local museum.
The wool industry and increasingly tourism determine the economic life of the municipality.
Town twinning
Chard is twinned with the following cities:
Born in Chard
- Margaret Bondfield (1873–1953), trade union official, Labor Party politician and First Secretary of the United Kingdom
Web links
supporting documents
- ^ Population, estimate: South Somerset population ( November 21, 2009 memento on WebCite ), accessed November 17, 2013
- ^ Website Chard