Chard, Somerset
Chard is a small English town in the county of Somerset in the south west of the UK. It has around 11,700 inhabitants and belongs to the district of South Somerset. It is located about 25 km west of Yeovil, on the edge of the county of Devon. With 125 meters it is the highest town in the county.
It is believed that Chard was one of the headquarters of Cerdic, the first King of Wessex. Some historians, it is argued that Cerdic is the model of the Arthurian legend and Camelot could have been lying near Chard.
1685 Chard was one of the towns where the Judge George Jeffreys conducted his " bloody " trials ( Bloody Assizes ).
Chard describes itself as a birthplace of aviation, since the flight pioneers William Samuel Henson and John Stringfellow tested several steam-driven power models. In the local museum replicas of the models of Stringfellow can be visited.
The wool industry and reinforces the tourism determine the economic life of the community.