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Bridgwater & Albion are Somerset's highest-placed rugby team, playing in National League 3 South and are based at College Way. [160] It was founded in 1875. [161] The cricket club play at The Parks on Durleigh Road. [162] Bridgwater Hockey Club was founded in 1925 and field four men's teams and three women's teams, playing fixtures at 1610 ...
The Blake Museum works closely with the Bridgwater Heritage Group, which was established in 2012 by the late Dr Peter Cattermole [12] to publish detailed illustrated accounts online of the town's lost buildings. Dr Cattermole was the museum's first Honorary Curator after its return to the town council, in 2009.
The Somerset Brick and Tile Museum is in Bridgwater, Somerset, England and is administered by The South West Heritage Trust. The museum is dedicated to the Brick and Tile Industry of Somerset. Bridgwater had been a centre of trade and industry since the Middle Ages , benefiting from local clay from the alluvial deposits of the River Parrett to ...
In the medieval period the River Parrett was used to transport Hamstone from the quarry at Ham Hill, [61] Bridgwater was part of the Port of Bristol until the Port of Bridgwater was created in 1348, [48] covering 80 miles (130 km) of the Somerset coast line, from the Devon border to the mouth of the River Axe.
Bridgwater Castle was a castle in the town of Bridgwater, Somerset, England. The stone castle was built around 1220 and contributed to the development of the town. It was surrounded by a moat and included a watergate giving access to the quay.
Bridgwater Friary was a Franciscan monastery in Bridgwater, Somerset, England, established in 1245 and dissolved in 1538. It was founded by William Briwere and moved from another location. Further buildings were added in 1278 and 1284. [ 1 ]
Entrance to BAE Systems, Bridgwater. Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF) Bridgwater was a factory between the villages of Puriton and Woolavington in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, England that produced high explosives for munitions. It was slightly above sea level, between the 5-and-10-metre (16 and 33 ft) contour lines on Ordnance Survey maps.
The trust is also responsible for three local museums: The Rural Life Museum in Glastonbury, [6] the Museum of Somerset in Taunton [7] and The Brick and Tile Museum in Bridgwater. [8] Workshops and resources are also available to local schools. [9] Courses are provided which include those on searching family history and reading old handwriting ...