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Bridgwater is a market town in Sedgemore district, in the central part of Somerset, England. A major industrial center, it also serves as the administrative center of the district. Bridgwater has a population of some 37,000 people (2012 estimate).
Guide to Bridgwater Hotels
Here's a list of hotels in Bridgwater that you can book online, with full description, star rating, address, location map, evaluation, and prices as offered by different booking sites. This helps you to make your room booking with the site that offers the best price.
Bridgwater, Somerset, England, depicting the Church of St Mary Magdalene, the Statue of Admiral Blake and the Corn Exchange
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More on Bridgwater
Bridgwater began as a settlement during the Anglo-Saxon period, around the 9th century or perhaps earlier. It was mention in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of ca. AD 800 as well as listed in the Domesday Book of 1086. After the Norman Conquest, the Manor of Bridgwater was granted to William Briwere by King John of England in 1201. Briwere built Bridgwater Castle in 1202. It was destroyed during the English Civil War, and the site is today redesigned as King's Square. In 1245 Briwere also founded Bridgwater Friary in 1245. Bridgwater Friary was a Franciscan monastery which functioned until the Dissolution of the Monasteries under King Henry VIII in 1536-41.The Port of Bridgwater was in the 16th century the fifth largest port in England. It was the largest port in Somerset until surpassed by Bristol in the 18th century. Never involved in the slave trade, Bridgwater in 1797 became the first town in the county to petition the government to ban it.
Visiting Bridgwater
From London, take the M4 motorway to Junction 20, then continue west on the M5 motorway. Bridgwater is at Junction 23 of the M5 motorway.
Somerset Brick and Tile Museum, Bridgwater
Author: Ken Grainger (Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic)
Places of Interest in Bridgwater
- Blake Museum
Museum occupying the house where Admiral Robert Blake (1598-1657) was born. - Castle House
Historic building in Bridgwater with a Grade II* heritage listing. Built in 1851, it was one of the first buildings to make extensive use of Portland cement for pre-cast concrete. - Church of St Mary Magdalene, Bridgwater
Anglican parish church with history going back to the 13th century. It is today a Grade I listed building. - Somerset Brick and Tile Museum
Museum occupying the last surviving pinnacle kiln in Bridgwater, it celebrates the brick and tile industry with displays explaining the tools and processes.
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