Beaminster
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  Map sources for Beaminster at grid reference ST475014
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Beaminster is a town in Dorset, on the A3066 between Bridport and Crewkerne. It is in the valley of the River Brit. It is famous for the Beaminster Festival, an annual nine-day music and art festival.
During the civil war the town declared for Parliament, and was sacked by Royalist forces in 1644. The town did not get a railway and so remained in its small state, and today has a population of 2,791.
See also Beaminster Forum and Redhone hundred
[edit] Schools
Beaminster secondary school is a small school with approximately 700 students, from Year 7 up to Year 11. It has a combined sixth form with Colfox secondary school, in the nearby town of Bridport.
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