Watchet
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Watchet is a harbour town in Somerset, England on the edge of Exmoor. Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner was written whilst travelling through Watchet and the surrounding area.
Watchet is a station on the West Somerset Railway and the place where Saint Decuman was killed. Cleeve Abbey lies a short distance away.
In the mid 1860s two independent railways terminated at Watchet. The West Somerset Mineral Railway ran down from the iron mines on the Brendon Hills, and the West Somerset Railway came up from the Bristol & Exeter Railway at Norton Fitzwarren. Both lines made extensive use of the harbour at Watchet.
[edit] Other usage
The word "Watchet" was used in the 16th century to designated a pale, greenish blue colour.
[edit] External links
- Visit Watchet Information about the ancient port of Watchet
- Watchet Town Council
- Watchet - Quantock Online Community
- The Somerset Urban Archaeological Survey: Watchet , by Clare Gathercole
- The Watchet Boat Museum The world's largest collection of flatner boats
