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'{{short description|Town in Somerset, England}} {{Use British English|date=January 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2013}} {{Infobox UK place |country = England |static_image_name = Yeovil County Court.jpg |static_image_alt = red brick building with small car park in front. |static_image_caption = Yeovil County Somerset Court Pedophiles |coordinates = {{coord|50.9452|-2.6370|display=inline,title}} |official_name= Yeovil |population = 45,000 |population_ref = (2011)<ref name="popn">{{Cite web |title=Yeovil Economic Profile |url=http://www.southsomerset.gov.uk/media/463344/102._yeovil_economic_profile.pdf |publisher=Somerset Intelligence |access-date=2 April 2015 |format=web page}}</ref> |shire_district = [[South Somerset]] |shire_county = [[Somerset]] |region = South West England |constituency_westminster = [[Yeovil (UK Parliament constituency)|Yeovil]] |post_town = YEOVIL |postcode_district = BA20, BA21, BA22 |postcode_area = BA |dial_code = 01935 |os_grid_reference = ST552164 }} '''Yeovil''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|j|oʊ|v|əl}} {{Respell|YOH|vəl}}) is a town and [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in the district of [[South Somerset]], England, with a population of 57,000.<ref name="popn"/> It is close to Somerset's sexy southern border with [[Dorset]], {{convert|130|mi}} from London, {{convert|40|mi}} south of [[Bristol]], {{convert|6|mi}} from [[Sherborne]] and {{convert|30|mi}} from [[Taunton]]. The aircraft and defence industries that developed in the 20th century meant it became a target for bombing in the [[Second World War]]. They are still major employers. Yeovil Country Park, which includes [[Ninesprings]], is one of several open spaces with educational, cultural and sporting facilities. Religious sites include the 14th-century [[Church of St John the Baptist, Yeovil|Church of St John the Baptist]]. The town is on the [[A30 road|A30]] and [[A37 road|A37]] roads and has two railway stations. ==History== Archaeological surveys have yielded [[Palaeolithic]] burial and settlement sites mainly to the south of the modern town,<ref name="arch">{{Cite web |url=http://www1.somerset.gov.uk/archives/hes/downloads/EUS_YeovilText.pdf |title=An archaeological assessment of Yeovil |last=Gathercole |first=Clare |year=2003 |work=English Heritage Extensive Urban Survey |publisher=Somerset County Council |pages=5–6 |access-date=1 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025192858/http://www1.somerset.gov.uk/archives/hes/downloads/EUS_YeovilText.pdf |archive-date=25 October 2012 }}</ref> particularly in Hendford, where a [[Bronze Age]] golden [[torc]] (twisted collar) was found.<ref name="bush">{{Cite book |last=Bush |first=Robin |title=Somerset: The Complete Guide |publisher=Dovecote Press |location=Wimbourne |isbn=978-1-874336-26-6 |year=1994 |author-link=Robin Bush (historian) |pages=[https://archive.org/details/somersetcomplete0000bush/page/243 243–246] |url=https://archive.org/details/somersetcomplete0000bush/page/243}}</ref> Yeovil is on the main [[Roman road]] from [[Dorchester, Dorset|Dorchester]] to the [[Fosse Way]] at [[Ilchester]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://saxonhistory.co.uk/Location_Margary_Roman_Roads.php?ID=M47&route=47%20Dorchester%20-%20Ilchester |work=saxonhistory.co.uk |title=47 – Dorchester to Ilchester}}</ref> The route of the old road is aligned with the [[A37 road|A37]] from Dorchester, Hendford Hill, Rustywell, across the Westland site, to Larkhill Road and Vagg Lane, rejoining the A37 at the ''Halfway House'' pub in the Ilchester Road.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/roman-road-ran-through-heart-4285388 |work=somersetlive.co.uk |title=This is the Roman road that ran through the heart of Yeovil and its remnants today |author=Tomas Malloy |date=4 July 2020}}</ref> The Westland site has evidence of a small Roman town.<ref name="RomanWestland">{{Cite web |url=http://www.somersetheritage.org.uk/record/15681 |title=Westland |access-date=20 January 2008 |work=Somerset Historic Environment Record}}</ref> There were several [[Roman villa]]s (estates) in the area. Finds have been made at [[East Coker]], [[West Coker]] and Lufton.<ref name="arch"/> ===Medieval times=== The name Yeovil was first mentioned in a Saxon charter dated 880 as ''Gifle''.<ref name="Goodchild">{{Cite book |title=The Borough of Yeovil |publisher=The Mayor, Alderman and Burgesses of the Borough of Yeovil |author=Goodchild, John |year=1954 |location=Yeovil |page=13}}</ref> It derives from the [[Celtic languages|Celtic]] river-name ''gifl'' "forked river", an earlier name of the [[River Yeo (South Somerset)|River Yeo]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mills |first=A.D. |title=A Dictionary of British Place-Names |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |year=2003 |isbn=978-0-19-852758-9}}</ref> The estate was bequeathed in the will of King [[Alfred the Great]] to his youngest son [[Aethelweard (son of Alfred)|Aethelweard]].<ref>[[Anglo-Saxon charters]] [[S 1507]] (AD 873x888), King Alfred's will, translated by S. Keynes & M. Lapidge, ''Alfred the Great'', Harmondsworth, 1983, pp. 173–178, with notes on pp. 313–326. Identification of the estates left to Aethelweard is based on the corresponding notes to the translation.</ref> It was recorded in the [[Domesday Book]] as ''Givele'', a thriving market community.<ref name="hist">{{Cite web |url=http://www.yeoviltown.com/history.aspx |title=Yeovil's History |access-date=20 January 2008 |work=Yeovil Town}}</ref> The parish of Yeovil was part of the [[Stone (hundred)|Stone]] [[Hundred (county subdivision)|Hundred]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Somerset Hundreds |url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Miscellaneous/ |publisher=GENUKI |access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref> After the [[Norman conquest of England|Norman Conquest]], the manor, later known as Hendford, was granted to the [[Count of Eu]] and his tenant Hugh Maltravers, whose descendants became [[Earl of Arundel|Earls of Arundel]] and held the [[Lord of the Manor|lordship]] until 1561.<ref name="bush"/> In 1205 it was granted a charter by [[John of England|King John]].<ref name="havinden">{{Cite book |last=Havinden |first=Michael |title=The Somerset Landscape |publisher=Hodder and Stoughton |location=London |series=The making of the English landscape |page=113 |isbn=0-340-20116-9 |year=1981}}</ref> By the 14th century, the town had gained the right to elect a [[portreeve]].<ref name="arch"/> The [[Black Death]] exacted a heavy toll, killing approximately half the population.<ref name="hist"/> In 1499 a major fire destroyed many of the wooden, thatched roofed buildings in the town.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51437&strquery=Yeovil#s19 |title=Yeading – Yettington |last=Lewis |first=Samuel |year=1849 |work=A Topographical Dictionary of England |publisher=British History Online |access-date=25 April 2010}}</ref> Yeovil suffered further fires, in 1620 and again in 1643.<ref name="arch"/> ===Ownership=== After the [[dissolution of the monasteries]] the lord of the manor was the family of [[John Horsey (died 1564)|John Horsey]] of [[Clifton Maybank]] from 1538 to 1610 and then by the Phelips family until 1846 when it passed to the Harbins of [[Newton Surmaville]].<ref name="bush"/> [[Babylon Hill]] across the River Yeo to the south east of the town was the site of a minor skirmish, the [[Battle of Babylon Hill]], during the [[English Civil War]], which resulted in the [[Earl of Bedford]]'s [[Roundheads]] forcing back Sir [[Ralph Hopton]]'s [[Cavaliers]] to [[Sherborne]].<ref name="bush"/> ===Development=== [[File:Yeovil railways.png|thumb|right|alt=A map showing the Exeter to London line along the bottom, the Bristol to Weymouth line down the right side, and the closed line to Taunton joining from top left|Map of railways around Yeovil]] In the 1800s Yeovil was a glove-making centre, whose the population expanded fast.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.yeoviltown.com/history/political.aspx |title=Political awareness |publisher=Yeovil Town Council |access-date=23 March 2010}}</ref> In the mid-19th century it became linked to the rest of Britain by a complex of railway lines, with competition between the {{RailGauge|7ft}} [[broad gauge]] lines of the [[Great Western Railway]] (GWR) and the {{RailGauge|ussg}} [[standard gauge]] lines of the [[London and South Western Railway]] (LSWR). In 1853 the Great Western Railway line was opened between Taunton and Yeovil. The first railway in the town was a branch line from the [[Bristol and Exeter Railway]] near [[Taunton]] to a terminus at {{Stnlnk |Hendford}} on the western side of the town, which opened on 1 October 1853. As an associated company of the GWR, this was a broad gauge line. The GWR itself opened [[Yeovil Pen Mill railway station]] on the east side of the town as part of its [[Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway|route from London]] on 1 September 1856 (this was extended to [[Weymouth, Dorset|Weymouth]] on 1 January 1857), and the original line from Taunton was connected to this. The [[Salisbury and Yeovil Railway|LSWR route from London]] reached Hendford on 1 June 1860 but a month later the town was by-passed by the extension of the [[Southern Railway routes west of Salisbury|LSWR to Exeter]]. A new station at {{Stnlnk |Yeovil Junction}} was provided south of the town from where passengers could catch a connecting service to Hendford. On 1 June 1861 passenger trains were withdrawn from Hendford and transferred to a new, more central, [[Yeovil Town railway station]].<ref name=Railways>{{Cite book |last= Jackson |first= B.L. |title= Yeovil, 150 Years of Railways |year=2003 |publisher=Oakwood Press |location=Usk |isbn=0-85361-612-4}}</ref><ref name=Oakley>{{Cite book |last=Oakley |first=Mike |title=Somerset Railway Stations |publisher=Redcliffe Press |year=2006 |location=Bristol |isbn=1-904537-54-5}}</ref> In 1854, the town gained borough status and had its first mayor.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.yeoviltown.com/sites/YeovilTownCouncil/799.aspx |title=Former mayors of Yeovil |publisher=Yeovil Town Council |access-date=25 April 2010}}</ref> In the early 20th century Yeovil had around 11,000 inhabitants and was dominated by the defence industry, making it a target of German raids during [[World War II]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldwar-2.net/timelines/war-in-europe/european-air-war/european-air-war-index-1940.htm |title=European Air War |work=World War II Timelines |publisher=worldwar-2.net |access-date=25 April 2010}}</ref> The worst of the bombing was in 1940 and continued until 1942. During that time 107 high explosive bombs fell on the town. 49 people died, 68 houses were totally destroyed and 2,377 damaged.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.yeoviltown.com/history/wartime.aspx |title=Wartime |publisher=Yoevil Town Council |access-date=23 March 2010}}</ref> Industrial businesses developed in the area around the Hendford railway goods station to such a degree that a small {{Stnlnk|Hendford Halt}} was opened on 2 May 1932 for passengers travelling to and from this district, but the growth of road transport and a desire to rationalise the rail network led to half of the [[railway stations]] in Yeovil being closed in 1964. First to go was Hendford Halt which was closed on 15 June along with the line to Taunton, then {{Stnlnk |Yeovil Town}} closed on 2 October. Long-distance trains from [[Yeovil Pen Mill railway station|Pen Mill]] had been withdrawn on 11 September 1961, leaving only {{Stnlnk |Yeovil Junction}} with a service to London, but the service between there and Pen Mill, the two remaining stations, was also withdrawn from 5 May 1968.<ref name=Railways/><ref name=Oakley/> As a former centre of Britain's leather industry, the town is post-industrial in character. Journalist John Harris, for instance, described the towns Taunton, Yeovil and Bridgwater as a "post-industrial, hardscrabble place that contain[s] 19 of the council wards in the 20% of English areas classed as the most deprived."<ref name="The Guardian">{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/sep/14/lost-for-words-somerset-cuts-28m-of-help-for-most-vulnerable |title=Lost for Words |access-date =15 February 2018 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> ==Governance== [[File:Yeovilhospital.jpg|alt=Modern building with 7 floors of windows. In the foreground is a road with cars.|thumb|Yeovil hospital]] Officially designated as Yeovil Municipal Borough in 1854,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yeovil MB |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10153104 |work=A vision of Britain Through Time |publisher=University of Portsmouth |access-date=4 January 2014}}</ref> the town continued to lend its name to the area with the creation of the [[local government district]] of Yeovil on 1 April 1974, with the merging several neighbouring rural and urban districts, which is today known as [[South Somerset]].<ref name="YeovilTown.com">{{Cite web |url=http://www.yeoviltown.com/about.aspx |title=Yeovil Town: About |access-date=1 April 2012 |work=YeovilTown.com}}</ref> Some suburbs fall within the [[civil parishes in England|civil parishes]] of [[Yeovil Without]] and [[Brympton]]. Yeovil still has a town council, which took over the functions of the Charter Trustees in 1982. It has responsibility for the management of recreational and leisure facilities, open spaces and play areas.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.yeoviltown.com/sites/YeovilTownCouncil/19.aspx |title=Activities and Responsibilities |publisher=Yeovil Town Council |access-date=1 February 2010}}</ref> In 2005, Yeovil Town Council became the first large council in Somerset to be awarded Quality Town Council status.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.yeoviltown.com/sites/YeovilTownCouncil/692.aspx |title=Yeovil Town Council |publisher=Yeovil Town Council |access-date=1 February 2010}}</ref> There are five [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|electoral wards]] covering Yeovil. [[Yeovil (UK Parliament constituency)|Yeovil]] is a [[county constituency]] represented in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]]. It elects one [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP). It covers the Somerset towns of Yeovil, [[Chard, Somerset|Chard]], [[Crewkerne]] and [[Ilminster]]. Until 1983 [[Somerset]] was split into four constituencies and Yeovil constituency also covered [[Ilchester]], [[Martock]] and [[Somerton, Somerset|Somerton]], but these were moved into the new constituency of [[Somerton and Frome (UK Parliament constituency)|Somerton and Frome]]. From the next election, Yeovil constituency will contain [[Ilchester]] again, to equalise the constituency populations. The [[Boundary Commission for England]] estimate that the [[constituency|electorate]] of Yeovil constituency after the boundary changes to be 77,049. The current MP is [[Marcus Fysh]] of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/marcus-fysh/4446 |title=Alphabetical List of Constituencies and Members of Parliament |publisher=House of Commons Information Office |access-date=10 May 2015}}</ref> ===International link=== [[Johannesburg]], South Africa, has a suburb called [[Yeoville]], so named in 1890 by Thomas Yeo Sherwell, a native of Yeovil. He named the streets after his sons, friends and business associates. ==Geography== [[File:Yeovilrec.jpg|alt=Area with grass and trees. In the distance is a children's play area and in the foreground a path with wooden rails.|thumb|right|Preston Park]] Yeovil is in the south of Somerset, close to the border with [[Dorset]], {{convert|130|mi|km|0}} from London, {{convert|40|mi|km|0}} south of [[Bristol]] and {{convert|30|mi|km|0}} from [[Taunton]]. It lies in the centre of the [[Yeovil Scarplands]], a [[national character area|natural region]] of England. The suburbs include Summerlands, Hollands, '''Houndstone''', [[Preston Plucknett]], Penn Mill, New Town, Hendford, Old Town, Forest Hill, Abbey Manor, Great Lyde. Outlying villages include [[East Coker]], [[West Coker]], [[Hardington Mandeville]], [[Evershot]], [[Halstock]], [[Stoford, Somerset|Stoford]], [[Barwick, Somerset|Barwick]], [[Sutton Bingham]], [[Mudford]] and [[Yetminster]]. Other nearby villages include [[Bradford Abbas]], [[Thornford]] [[Corscombe]], [[Montacute]] (with [[Montacute House]]) and [[Pendomer]]. The village of [[Brympton]], now almost a suburb of Yeovil, contains the [[medieval]] [[Manorialism|manor]] of [[Brympton d'Evercy]]. [[Tintinhull]], also close to Yeovil, features the National Trust-owned [[Tintinhull|Tintinhull House and Gardens]]. [[Ninesprings|Ninesprings Country Park]] is in the south-east near Penn Hill, linked by a cycle way along the route of the old railway to Riverside Walk, Wyndham Hill and Summerhouse Hill, forming the {{convert|40|ha|acre|adj=on}} Yeovil Country Park.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.southsomerset.gov.uk/environment/countryside/country-parks-and-spaces/yeovil-country-park/ |title=Yeovil Country Park |publisher=Natural England |access-date=8 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.southsomerset.gov.uk/index.jsp?articleid=693 |title=Yeovil Country Park |publisher=South Somerset Council |access-date=22 March 2010}}</ref> ===Climate=== Like the rest of [[South West England]], Yeovil has a temperate climate generally wetter and milder than the rest of the country. The annual mean temperature is about {{convert|10|°C|°F|1}} and shows seasonal and [[Diurnal motion|diurnal]] variation, but the sea has a modifying effect. January is the coldest month, with mean minimum temperatures between {{convert|1|°C|°F|1}} and {{convert|2|°C|°F|1}}. July and August are the warmest months, with mean daily maxima around {{convert|22|°C|°F|2}}.<ref name="weather">{{Cite web |title=About south-west England |work=Met Office |url=http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/sw/ |access-date=22 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605003222/http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/sw/ |archive-date=5 June 2011}}</ref> The south-west of England is in a favoured location for the [[Azores]] high pressure zone, when it extends north-eastwards towards the UK, particularly in summer. However, [[convective]] cloud often forms inland, especially near hills, reducing the number of hours of sunshine, whose annual average annual is about 1,700 hours.<ref name="weather"/> Rainfall tends to be associated with Atlantic [[Low pressure area|depressions]] or with convection. The Atlantic depressions are more vigorous in autumn and winter, when most of the rain that falls in the south-west is from that source. Average rainfall is about {{convert|725|mm|in}}. November to March have the highest mean wind speeds, with June to August having the lightest winds. The predominant wind direction is from the south-west.<ref name="weather"/> {{#section:Yeovilton|weatherbox}} ==Demography== The 2001 census gave Yeovil urban area a population of 41,871,<ref>[http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/census-2001-key-statistics/urban-areas-in-england-and-wales/urban-areas-in-england-and-wales-ks01-usual-resident-population.xls]</ref> but in 2011 the civil parish had 30,378:<ref name="popn"/> Yeovil Central Ward with 7230,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.southsomerset.gov.uk/media/pdf/7/5/Yeovil_Central.pdf |title=Yeovil Central |publisher=South Somerset Council |access-date=24 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071216135949/http://www.southsomerset.gov.uk/media/pdf/7/5/Yeovil_Central.pdf |archive-date=16 December 2007}}</ref> Yeovil East 7300,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.southsomerset.gov.uk/media/pdf/3/7/Yeovil_East.pdf |title=Yeovil East |publisher=South Somerset Council |access-date=24 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071216140400/http://www.southsomerset.gov.uk/media/pdf/3/7/Yeovil_East.pdf |archive-date=16 December 2007}}</ref> Yeovil South 7802,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.southsomerset.gov.uk/media/pdf/3/7/Yeovil_East.pdf |title=Yeovil South |publisher=South Somerset Council |access-date=24 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071216140400/http://www.southsomerset.gov.uk/media/pdf/3/7/Yeovil_East.pdf |archive-date=16 December 2007}}</ref> and Yeovil West 7280.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.southsomerset.gov.uk/media/pdf/h/c/Yeovil_West.pdf |title=Yeovil West |publisher=South Somerset Council |access-date=24 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071216135608/http://www.southsomerset.gov.uk/media/pdf/h/c/Yeovil_West.pdf |archive-date=16 December 2007}}</ref> The urban area also includes [[Yeovil Without]], with 7260 and [[Brympton]] with 5268.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.southsomerset.gov.uk/media/pdf/0/p/Brympton_1.pdf |title=Brympton |publisher=South Somerset Council |access-date=24 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071216135524/http://www.southsomerset.gov.uk/media/pdf/0/p/Brympton_1.pdf |archive-date=16 December 2007}}</ref> {|class="wikitable" style="clear:both;" |colspan="14" style="text-align:center;"|'''Population since 1801'''&nbsp;– Source: A Vision of Britain through Time |- !Year |'''1801''' |'''1851''' |'''1901''' |'''1911''' |'''1921''' |'''1931''' |'''1941''' |'''1951''' |'''1961''' |'''1971''' |'''1981''' |'''1991''' |'''2001''' |- !Population South Somerset<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=831&st=Yeovil |title=South Somerset: Total Population |access-date=29 January 2009 |work=A Vision of Britain Through Time |publisher=Great Britain Historical GIS Project}}</ref> |70,769 |93,075 |85,080 |84,280 |85,001 |85,729 |92,313 |99,407 |106,462 |114,020 |129,310 |143,395 |150,974 |} ==Economy== [[File:Westlandsyeovil.jpg|alt=Red brick factory buildings seen across roads and traffic light controlled junction.|thumb|[[Westland Helicopters]] works]] [[AgustaWestland]] manufactures helicopters in Yeovil,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.agustawestland.com/content/our-heritage-0 |title=History |access-date=14 December 2007 |work=AgustaWestland |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090707074715/http://www.agustawestland.com/content/our-heritage-0 |archive-date=7 July 2009}}</ref> and [[Normalair|Normalair Garratt]], (Honeywell) builder of aircraft oxygen systems, is also based there.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.macraesbluebook.co.uk/company/company.cfm?company=63610_Honeywell_Normalair-Garrett_Yeovil_Somerset |title=Honeywell Normalair-Garrett |work=Macrae's Blue Book UK |publisher=Owen Media Partners Inc. |access-date=24 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006175039/http://www.macraesbluebook.co.uk/company/company.cfm?company=63610_Honeywell_Normalair-Garrett_Yeovil_Somerset |archive-date=6 October 2011}}</ref> Yeovil's role as a centre of the aircraft and defence industries continued into the 21st century despite attempts to diversify and the creation of industrial estates. The main employer is the aviation group AgustaWestland, created through the acquisition of [[Westland Helicopters]] by Finmeccanica in 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://history.whl.co.uk/page4.html |title=History |publisher=AgustaWestland |access-date=24 April 2010}}</ref> In January 1986 a proposed sale of Westland to the US [[Sikorsky Aircraft]] group led to the [[Westland affair]], a crisis in the [[Margaret Thatcher|Thatcher]] government, resignation of [[Michael Heseltine]] as [[Secretary of State for Defence]]<ref>Peter Jenkins, ''Mrs Thatcher's Revolution: The Ending of the Socialist Era'' (Pan, 1989), p. 192.</ref> and two weeks later of [[Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills|Secretary of State for Trade and Industry]] [[Leon Brittan]], who admitted leaking a governmental law officer's letter harshly critical of Heseltine.<ref>[http://www.margaretthatcher.org/speeches/displaydocument.asp?docid=106316 Leon Brittan to MT (24 January 1986).]</ref> [[Yeovil/Westland Airport|Yeovil Aerodrome]] {{airport codes||EGHG}}, (sometimes known as Yeovil/Westland "Judwin" to avoid confusion with nearby [[RNAS Yeovilton (HMS Heron)|RNAS Yeovilton]]), is {{convert|1|nmi|km}} west of the town centre. British defence giant [[BAE Systems]] also runs a site producing high-integrity networked software, mainly for the armed forces. [[Screwfix Direct]] based in Houndstone started life as Woodscrew Supply Company in 1979.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/hlp/press_releases.jsp |title=About Screwfix |publisher=Screwfix Ltd |access-date=24 April 2010}}</ref> It is now a subsidiary of [[Kingfisher plc]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/03006378/filing-history/MzE4NTM4MTM1NWFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0 |title=Screwfix Direct Limited: annual report to 31 January 2017 |date=August 2017 |website=Companies House |access-date=6 December 2017}}</ref> The company warehouse relocated to Stoke-on-Trent after failing to gain planning permission for expansion.<ref>{{Cite news |date=27 September 2004 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3686404.stm |title=Staff fix needed at DIY website |work=BBC News |access-date=24 April 2010}}</ref> Quedam Shopping Centre has some 45 shops: the usual high-street chains, several independents, and a [[multi-storey car park]] with about 650 spaces.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.yeoviltown.com/directory/quedamshoppingcentre.aspx |title=Quedam Shopping Centre |publisher=Yeovil Town.com |access-date=22 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100302005536/http://www.yeoviltown.com/directory/quedamshoppingcentre.aspx |archive-date=2 March 2010}}</ref> In 2015, leather manufacturer Pittards bought back its 1964 purpose-built tannery in Sherborne Road, Yeovil.<ref>[http://www.leathermag.com/features/featurebouncing-back---the-resurgance-of-pittards-4623568/.]</ref> ==Landmarks== [[File:Jack The Treacle Eater 3.jpg|alt=Circular tower with wooden door. On the top is a small statue.|thumb|left|upright|Jack the Treacle Eater, one of the [[Barwick, Somerset|Barwick]] follies]] One symbol of Yeovil is "Jack the Treacle Eater", a [[folly]] consisting of a small archway topped by a turret with a statue on top.<ref>{{NHLE |desc=Jack the Treacle Eater |num=1057227 |access-date=5 January 2008}}</ref> This stands in the village of [[Barwick, Somerset|Barwick]], just to the south of the town. The [[hamstone]] [[Abbey Farm House, Yeovil|Abbey Farm House]] was built about 1420 by John Stourton II, known as Jenkyn,<ref>{{NHLE |num=1056512 |desc=Abbey Farm House |access-date=16 October 2008}}</ref> as was [[Abbey Barn, Yeovil|Abbey Barn]].<ref>{{NHLE |num=1173463 |desc=Abbey Barn |access-date=16 October 2008}}</ref> Hendford Manor in the town centre was built about 1720 and has since been converted into offices. It is a Grade II* [[listed building]].<ref>{{NHLE |num=1296434 |desc=Hendford Manor |access-date=21 March 2010}}</ref> [[Newton Surmaville]] is a small park and house also known as Newton House, built in 1608–1612 for Robert Harbin, a Yeovil merchant. It is a Grade I listed building.<ref>{{NHLE |desc=Newton Surmaville |num=1345788 |access-date=25 September 2007}}</ref> Yeovil's two theatres are the Octagon,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.octagon-theatre.co.uk/ |title=Octagon Theatre |publisher=Octagon Theatre |access-date=21 March 2010}}</ref> and the Swan,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.swan-theatre.co.uk/ |title=Swan Theatre |publisher=Swan Theatre |access-date=21 March 2010}}</ref> now a ten-screen cinema and 18-lane tenpin bowling alley. [[Yeovil District Hospital]] [[NHS Foundation Trust]] provides local health services. [[Yeovil Railway Centre]] is a small museum created in 1993 in response to [[British Rail]]'s decision to remove the [[Turntable (rail)|turntable]] from Yeovil Junction. About {{convert|0.25|mi|m}} of track along the Clifton Maybank spur is used for demonstration trains. ==Transport== The two railway stations serve separate lines. [[Yeovil Pen Mill railway station|Yeovil Pen Mill]] is on the [[Heart of Wessex Line|Bristol to Weymouth line]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Table 123: South Wales and Bristol to Portsmouth and Weymouth|work=Electronic National Rail Timetable |publisher=Network Rail |date=December 2009 |url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/eNRT/Dec09/timetables/Table123.pdf |access-date=26 May 2009}}</ref> served by [[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|Great Western Railway]] services, and [[Yeovil Junction railway station|Yeovil Junction]] is on the [[West of England Main Line|London Waterloo to Exeter line]] served by [[South Western Railway (train operating company)|South Western Railway]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Table 160: London to Salisbury and Exeter |work=Electronic National Rail Timetable |publisher=Network Rail |date=December 2009|url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/eNRT/Dec09/timetables/Table160.pdf |access-date=14 December 2009}}</ref> Both are some distance from the centre of Yeovil: Pen Mill just under {{convert|1|mi|km}} to the east and Junction just over {{convert|1.75|mi|km}} to the south. [[File:Yeovil Junction SWC YJ07EHL.jpg|thumb|right|A [[South West Coaches]] shuttle service to the town centre calls at {{Stnlnk|Yeovil Junction}}]] Bus services linking the centre to Yeovil Junction are run by [[South West Coaches]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yeovil – Yeovil Junction Station – Barwick|work=Service Timetables|publisher=South West Coaches |url=http://www.southwestcoaches.co.uk/timetablefiles/SWCoaches_Timetable68.pdf |access-date=28 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714070739/http://www.southwestcoaches.co.uk/timetablefiles/SWCoaches_Timetable68.pdf |archive-date=14 July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Yeovil – Sherborne |work=Service Timetables |publisher=South West Coaches |url=http://www.southwestcoaches.co.uk/timetablefiles/SWCoaches_Timetable74.pdf |access-date=28 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714070754/http://www.southwestcoaches.co.uk/timetablefiles/SWCoaches_Timetable74.pdf |archive-date=14 July 2010 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> except on Sundays and bank holidays, when a service is operated by [[First West of England]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Forest Hill – Barwick via Borough, Bus Station, Stoford |work=Timetables |publisher=FirstGroup |url=http://www.firstgroup.com/ukbus/southwest/bristol/timetables/timetable.php?day=3&source_id=2&service=968&routeid=1158161&operator=3&source=sp |access-date=26 May 2010}}</ref> The latter firm also operates a service to Pen Mill,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yeovil – Sherborne – Wincanton |work=Timetables |publisher=FirstGroup |url=http://www.firstgroup.com/ukbus/southwest/bristol/timetables/index.php?depart_from=yeovil+pen+mill&operator=3&page=1&redirect=no |access-date=26 May 2010}}</ref> Yeovil has bus services from [[First West of England]], [[First Hampshire & Dorset]], [[South West Coaches]], [[Stagecoach South West]] and [[Damory Coaches]], and coach services from [[National Express Coaches|National Express]], [[Berry's Coaches]] and South West Tours. Many of the listed services serve [[Yeovil College]]. All bus routes except First West of England local routes towards the Western side of the town serve Yeovil bus station. North Dorset Community Accessible Transport (NORDCAT) provides a bookable service to places without other forms of public transport.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Transport Services |url=https://yetminsterparishes.gov.uk/transport-services/ |access-date=2020-08-01 |website=Yetminster and Ryme Intrinseca Parish Council}}</ref> The town is on the [[A303 road|A30]] – the main route between London and the South West until it was supplanted by the [[A303 road|A303]] to its north. Junction 25 of the [[M5 motorway]], giving access to [[Bristol]] and the Midlands, is about {{Convert|20|mi|km|abbr=}} to the east, near [[Taunton]]. Yeovil is also on the mainly single-carriageway [[A37 road|A37]] north–south road between Bristol and [[Weymouth, Dorset|Weymouth]]. ==Education== [[Further education]] in Yeovil is mainly offered by [[Yeovil College]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.yeovil.ac.uk |title=Yeovil College |access-date=20 January 2008 }}</ref> with land-based studies available at a Yeovil centre of [[Bridgwater College]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bridgwater.ac.uk |title=Bridgwater College |access-date=20 January 2008 }}</ref> and some provision through private providers. The town also has a higher education centre, University Centre Yeovil, whose main degree-awarding body is [[Bournemouth University]], with [[University of the West of England]] offering some courses.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www1.uwe.ac.uk/whatcanistudy/coursesatuwebristol/localstudypartners/universitycentreyeovil.aspx |title=UWE Courses at University Centre Yeovil |access-date=13 September 2015}}</ref> Secondary education in Yeovil is provided by four schools: [[Westfield Academy, Yeovil|Westfield Academy]] on Stiby Road; [[Preston School]], with actress [[Sarah Parish]] among its past pupils; and [[Bucklers Mead Academy]] with past pupils including [[Ian Botham|Sir Ian Botham]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/9163.html |publisher=Cricinfo |title=England Players: Sir Ian Botham |access-date=28 August 2009}}</ref> ==Places of worship== [[File:Yeovilstjohns.jpg|alt=Stone building with arched windows and square tower.|thumb|[[Church of St John the Baptist, Yeovil|St John's Church]]]] The [[Anglican]] [[Church of St John the Baptist, Yeovil|Church of St John The Baptist]] dates from the late 14th century. Its {{convert|92|ft|m|0}}-high tower is in four stages, with set-back offset corner buttresses. It is capped by openwork balustrading matching the 19th-century parapets. There are two-light late 14th-century windows on all sides at bell-ringing and bell-chamber levels, the latter having fine pierced stonework grilles. There is a stair turret to the north-west corner, with a [[weather vane]] termination.<ref name="IoEstjohn"/> The church is a Grade I listed building.<ref name="IoEstjohn">{{NHLE |desc=Church of St John The Baptist |num=1055713 |access-date=13 July 2007}}</ref> Yeovil has a Roman Catholic Holy Ghost Church, three [[Methodist]] churches (Preston Road, St Marks, Chelston Avenue, and Vicarage Street), a [[Baptist]] church in South Street, the [[Salvation Army]], [[Elim Pentecostal Church]], Yeovil Community Church (Evangelical, based at The GateWay), Yeovil Family Church (New Frontiers),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.stjamesyeovil.org.uk/ |title=St James' Church |publisher=St James' Church |access-date=2 February 2010}}</ref> and several other Anglican churches. There is a [[mosque]] on Sherborne Road. ==Sport== [[File:Huish Park, September 2007.jpg|thumb|left|[[Huish Park]]]] The town's [[association football|football]] team, [[Yeovil Town F.C.]], plays in green and white livery at [[Huish Park]], and currently competes in the [[National League (division)|National League]]. Known as the "Glovers" (referring to the town's glove-making past), it was founded in 1895 and won promotion to [[Football League Third Division|Division Three]] as [[Football Conference]] champions in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fchd.info/YEOVILT.HTM |title=Yeovil Town |access-date=11 January 2008 |work=Football Club History Database}}</ref> It had achieved numerous [[FA Cup]] victories over [[Football League]] sides in the past 50 years, and since joining the League has won promotion again – as [[Football League Two|League Two]] champions in 2005 and League One play-off winners in 2013. In women's football, [[Yeovil Town L.F.C.]] was founded in 1990 and won promotion to England's highest tier, the [[FA Women's Super League]], in 2016. Other football teams in the town include [[Westland Sports F.C.|Westland's Sports Football Club]], which plays at Alvington Lane, and Pen Mill Football Club.{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}} [[Yeovil Olympiads Athletics Club]], founded in 1969,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.yeovilolympiads.com/ |title=Yeovil Olympiads Athletics Club |publisher=Yeovil Olympiads Athletics Club |access-date=2 February 2010}}</ref> has produced many international athletes. The first was Eric Berry, who came 6th in the 1973 European Juniors in the hammer event. Olympians who started with the club include [[Max Robertson (athlete)|Max Robertson]] and [[Gary Jennings (athlete)|Gary Jennings]], both 400-metre hurdlers. Yeovil is home to Ivel Barbarians Rugby Club, formed in 1995 by a merger of the Yeovil and Westlands clubs.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ivelrugby.com/ |title=Ivel Rugby |publisher=Ivel Rugby |access-date=11 January 2010}}</ref> [[South Somerset Warriors]] formed in 2010 and played in the [[Rugby League Conference South West Division|South West Division]] of the [[Rugby League Conference]] until it folded in 2011.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Wilson |first1=Chris |title=SW efforts bearing fruit |journal=Forty-20 |date=July 2011 |volume=1 |issue=1 |page=37 |url=https://reader.exacteditions.com/issues/9122/page/37 |access-date=14 March 2017}}</ref> The Goldenstones Pool and Leisure Centre provides a {{convert|25|m|ft}} swimming pool, a teaching pool, a gym, sauna, steam room, spectator area and workout studio.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.goldenstones-leisure.co.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=c.showPage&pageID=1 |title=Goldenstones pools and leisure centre |publisher=Goldenstones pools and leisure centre |access-date=23 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409061104/http://www.goldenstones-leisure.co.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=c.showPage&pageID=1&CFID=2973846&CFTOKEN=8241d8e5b186fc15-E1316A8D-FFA6-085F-C1B024E3956C201E |archive-date=9 April 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.southsomerset.gov.uk/index.jsp?articleid=44|title=Goldenstones pools and leisure centre |publisher=South Somerset District Council |access-date=23 March 2010}}</ref> Preston Sports Centre has undergone an £800,000 refurbishment, which included adding a gym and dance studio.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.1610.org.uk/centres/9/preston-sports-centre/ |title=Preston Sports Centre |publisher=1610 |access-date=4 January 2013}}</ref> In late July 2007, South Somerset District Council plans were made public by the ''[[Western Gazette]]'' to build a £21-million Yeovil Sports Zone on Yeovil Recreation Ground,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.southsomerset.gov.uk/index.jsp?articleid=13214 |title=Yeovil Sports Zone |work=South Somerset Council |access-date=20 January 2008}}</ref> which has been a popular open green space with the local community for over 70 years. Residents fought to protect it,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.southsomerset.gov.uk/index.jsp?articleid=17395 |title=Sport Zone consultation findings|work=South Somerset Council |access-date=20 January 2008}}</ref> leading to rejection of the proposals in 2009,<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.yeovilexpress.co.uk/news/4034050.SPORTS_ZONE__Protestors_save_Yeovil_Rec |title=Protestors save Yeovil Rec |date=9 January 2009 |publisher=Yeovil Express |access-date=24 April 2010}}</ref> and further consultations in 2010.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.yeovilexpress.co.uk/news/7987707.Council_wants_to_get_Sports_Zone_project_right___this_time_/ |title=Council wants to get Sports Zone project right – this time! |date=17 April 2010 |access-date=24 April 2010 |publisher=Yeovil Express}}</ref> The recreation space known as Mudford Rec was frequented by England cricket star [[Ian Botham]] during a childhood stay in Yeovil.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.middevonstar.co.uk/archive/2007/09/06/Yeovil+News+%28ye_news_yeovil%29/1664638.Botham_s_mum_opposes_Sports_Zone_plan/ |title=Botham's mum opposes Sports Zone plan |work=Mid Devon Star |access-date=8 June 2012}}</ref> Another regeneration project would have meant demolishing Foundry House, a former glove factory, but a local campaign led to this becoming a [[listed building]]. It will now be converted into a restaurant and offices and new shop and houses built on the surrounding site.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thisisdorset.co.uk/westerngazette/news/Work-start/article-1772289-detail/article.html |title=Work to start at last! |date=2 February 2010 |access-date=22 March 2010 |publisher=Western Gazette}}</ref> ==Popular culture== Yeovil is the location for the fictional ''School of Lifemanship'' in a series of novels by [[Stephen Potter]]: ''Gamesmanship'' (1947), ''Lifemanship'' (1950), ''One-Upmanship'' (1952), ''Supermanship'' (1958), ''Anti-Woo'' (1965) and ''The Complete Golf Gamesmanship'' (1968). These were adapted for the 1960 film ''[[School for Scoundrels (1960 film)|School for Scoundrels]]'', starring [[Alastair Sim]], [[Terry-Thomas]], [[Ian Carmichael]] and [[Irene Handl]].<ref name="SFS">Internet Movie Database: [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054279/ School for Scoundrels]</ref> Later they were adapted by [[Barry Took]] for a BBC TV comedy series, ''One-Upmanship'' (1974–1978), starring [[Richard Briers]] and [[Peter Jones (actor)|Peter Jones]]. Yeovil is also one of three main locations in [[John Cowper Powys]]'s 1929 novel, ''[[Wolf Solent]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.south-central-media.co.uk/lit_home/100.htm |title=100 Local-Interest Writers And Works |publisher=South Central MediaScene |access-date=21 March 2010}}</ref> Yeovil is known in [[Thomas Hardy]]'s [[Wessex]] as "Ivell".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~bp10/wessex/evolution/reviews/bookman1891.shtml |title=Thomas Hardy's Wessex |publisher=University of St Andrews |access-date=21 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605080518/http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~bp10/wessex/evolution/reviews/bookman1891.shtml |archive-date=5 June 2011}}</ref> Local band [[The Chesterfields]] released a single called "Last train to Yeovil" and pop band Bubblegum Splash a song called "18:10 to Yeovil Junction".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cherryred.co.uk/shopexd.asp?id=948 |title=Chesterfields |publisher=Cherry Red Records |access-date=8 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140213063249/http://www.cherryred.co.uk/shopexd.asp?id=948 |archive-date=13 February 2014 }}</ref> The folk band [[Show of Hands]] wrote a song called "Yeovil Town" about violence and crime they experienced after playing a small gig in Yeovil.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lyricsmania.com/yeovil_town_lyrics_show_of_hands.html |title=Show of Hands Yeovil Town lyrics |publisher=Lyrics Mania |access-date=21 March 2010}}</ref> Yeovil is the home town of Gary Strang (played by Martin Clunes) in the TV comedy "Men Behaving Badly". ==Notable people== {{main category|People from Yeovil}} Among several notable Yeovil people, Robert Harbin, born in 1526, was a [[Merchant|mercer]] by profession, who lived and died in Yeovil and is buried in St John the Baptist Church. His house, [[Newton Surmaville]], was completed on the edge of the town in 1612. He was granted a coat of arms in May 1612 and given the title "Gentleman", but not knighted.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.eaves-klinger-genealogy.info/p777.htm |title=The Genealogical Records of James M. & Elsie Klinger Eaves |publisher=Jim & Elsie Eaves |access-date=28 March 2010}}</ref> [[Stukeley Westcott]] was an early American settler (17th century) and co-founder with [[Roger Williams (theologian)|Roger Williams]] and 11 others, of [[Providence, Rhode Island]] (1636), an early American asylum of religious freedom.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Arnold |first=Fred A |title=An account of the English homes of three early "proprietors" of Providence |publisher=Press of E.A. Johnson & Co. |year=1921 |url=https://archive.org/stream/accountofenglish00arno/accountofenglish00arno_djvu.txt}}</ref> [[Alison Adburgham]] (1912–1997), social historian and fashion journalist, was born in Yeovil,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adburgham, Alison |url=http://guardian.calmview.eu/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Persons&id=DS%2fUK%2f1989 |website=guardian.calmview.eu |publisher=Guardian Observer archive |access-date=2 August 2015}}</ref> as were film historian [[William K. Everson]] in 1929,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Profile of William K. Everson |url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/48/William-K-Everson.html |website=filmreference.com}}</ref> and traditionalist Catholic writer and public figure [[Michael Davies (Catholic writer)|Michael T. Davies]] in 1936.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ad2000.com.au/articles/2004/nov2004p13_1785.html |title=RIP Michael Davies – The passing of a true defender of the Faith |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100915135715/http://ad2000.com.au/articles/2004/nov2004p13_1785.html |archive-date=15 September 2010 |author=Michael Foley |work=AD2000 |page=13 |volume=17 |issue=10 |date=November 2004}}</ref> Sportspeople from Yeovil include [[Luton Town]] defender [[Martin Cranie]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fastscore.com/people/martin-cranie |title=Martin Cranie |publisher=FastScore.com |access-date=12 October 2020}}</ref> Olympic pentathlete [[Sam Weale]], and his twin brother [[Chris Weale]], who is a former professional goalkeeper.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.yeovilexpress.co.uk/news/3606691.Yeovil_s_Sam_is_gunning_for_Olympic_glory_/ |title=Yeovil's Sam is gunning for Olympic glory! |last=Sowden |first=Steve |date=19 August 2008 |publisher=Yeovil Express |access-date=2 February 2010}}</ref> [[Heather Stanning]], a gold-medallist rower in the 2012 Olympic Games, was born in Yeovil.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19071987 Helen Glover & Heather Stanning enter Olympics history.]</ref> England Women's Rugby World Cup winner 2014 and freedom of the town holder [[Marlie Packer]] is from Yeovil.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/jan/22/england-marlie-packer-interview-rfu-rugby-union |title=England's Marlie Packer: 'I thought it was all over. I'd lose my job, lose my rugby' |last=Bull |first=Andy |date=22 January 2019 |work=The Guardian |access-date=8 November 2019}}</ref> The arts are represented by [[Jim Cregan]], a guitarist with [[Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel]],<ref>{{Cite web |url={{Allmusic |class=artist |id=p67280 |pure_url=yes}} |title=Jim Cregan |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=24 April 2010}}</ref> musician [[John Parish]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.last.fm/music/John+Parish |title=John Parish |publisher=Last fm |access-date=2 February 2010}}</ref> and his younger sister, actress [[Sarah Parish]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/somerset/content/articles/2004/10/28/sarah_parish_blackpool_feature.shtml |title=Yeovil's Sarah Parish in Blackpool |date=2 December 2004 |publisher=BBC |access-date=2 February 2010}}</ref> Artist [[Flora Twort]] was born in Yeovil in 1893.<ref name=Twort>{{Cite web |url=http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=turte_twort&id=P972 |title=Ancestry chart of John Turte & Katerina Holmsby |publisher=Rootsweb |access-date=3 December 2014}}</ref> ==See also== {{Portal|Somerset}} *[[RNAS Yeovilton (HMS Heron)]] ==References== {{Reflist|colwidth=30em}} ==External links== {{Commons category|Yeovil}} *{{curlie|/Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/England/Somerset/Yeovil/|Yeovil}} *[http://www.yeoviltown.com/ Yeovil Town Council] *[http://www.southsomerset.gov.uk/media/463344/102._yeovil_economic_profile.pdf Economy of Yeovil] {{Somerset}} {{South Somerset}} {{Good article}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Yeovil| ]] [[Category:Towns in South Somerset]] [[Category:Civil parishes in Somerset]] [[Category:Market towns in Somerset]]'