Chard

Chard
	St Mary's Church
Coordinates	50 ° 52 ′ N , 2 ° 58 ′ W Coordinates: 50 ° 52 ′ N , 2 ° 58 ′ W
	Chard
	Chard
Residents	11,730 (as of 2002)
administration
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

Chard coat of arms

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.