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Ilchester - History, Churches

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51º01N 2º41W, pop (2000e) 2000. Town in Somerset, SW England, UK; on the R Yeo, NW of Yeovil; birthplace of Roger Bacon; site of a strategic Roman fort and important regional settlement; the Roman levels lie just beneath the surface in the town; two Roman cemeteries nearby; walled and gated town in Middle Ages; mediaeval bridge and 17th-c packhorse bridge span the Yeo; St Mary Major Church with 13th-c tower and Jacobean pulpit; Georgian houses and town hall; Fleet Air Arm Museum.

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