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Watchet is a harbour town, civil parish and also selecting ward in the English county of Somerset, with a population of 3,785. It is situated 15 miles (24 kilometres) west of Bridgwater, 15 miles (24 kilometres) north-west of Taunton, and 9 miles (14 km) east of Minehead. The community lies at the mouth of the Washford River on Bridgwater Bay, part of the Bristol Channel, and on the edge of Exmoor National Park. The original negotiation may have been at the Iron Age fort Daw’s Castle. It after that relocated to the mouth of the river and a little harbour created, named by the celts as “Gwo Coed” suggesting Under the Wood. After the Saxon conquest of the location the community established and also was called Weced or Waeced and also was struck by Vikings in the 10th century. Profession making use of the harbour gradually grew, despite damage during a number of severe tornados, with import as well as exports of goods consisting of those from Wansbrough Paper Mill till the 19th century when it raised with the export of iron ore, brought from the Brendon Hills through the West Somerset Mineral Railway, mainly to Newport for forward transportation to the Ebbw Vale Steelworks. The West Somerset Railway likewise offered the town and also port bringing goods and individuals from the Bristol and Exeter Railway. The iron ore profession decreased as well as ceased in the early-20th century. The port proceeded a smaller sized commercial trade up until 2000 when it was converted into a marina. The church is devoted to Saint Decuman who is believed to have actually died here around 706. A very early church was developed near Daw’s Castle as well as a new church was erected in the 15th century. It has a number of burial places as well as monuments to Sir John Wyndham and also his family that were the lords of the mansion. Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s rhyme The Rime of the Ancient Mariner which was written in the area is honored by a statue on the harbourside.