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'''Beaminster''' is a small town in [[Dorset]] at the head of the valley of the [[River Brit]].<ref>[http://www.beaminster.org.uk/ beaminster.co.uk]</ref> Beaminster is 15 miles northwest of the county town, [[Dorchester]]. The 2001 recorded a parish population of 2,936.<br />
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==History==<br />
In the Civil War the town declared for Parliament and was sacked by Royalist forces in 1644. The town suffered accidental fires in 1684 and 1781.<ref name=Newman86>Newman & Pevsner, 1972, page 86</ref> The town did not get a railway and thus remained relatively small.<br />
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==About the town==<br />
Horn Park, about a mile and half northwest of Beaminster, is a neo-Georgian country house of five bays and two-storeys designed by architect T. Lawrence Dale and completed in 1911.<ref name=Newman88>Newman & Pevsner, 1972, page 88</ref> Inside the house the central corridor is barrel vaulted and leads to a drawing room whose groin vault is reminiscent of the work of Sir John Soane (1753-1837).<ref name=Newman88/> The drawing room includes Jacobean features re-used from a 16th century country house at nearby Parnham,<ref name=Newman88/> which was being altered and restored at about the time that Horn Park was being built.<ref name=Newman87>Newman & Pevsner, 1972, page 87</ref> Horn Park is Grade II Listed. Its gardens are occasionally open to the public as part of the National Gardens Scheme.<br />
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==Big Society==<br />
The Beaminster Festival is an annual music and art festival.<ref>{{cite news|author=Rene Gerryts|title=Beaminster Festival: Melvyn Bragg one of the headlines at annual event |publisher=Bridport NEWS |url=http://www.bridportnews.co.uk/news/9071894.Beaminster_Festival__Melvyn_Bragg_one_of_the_headlines_at_annual_event/ |date=June 10, 2011 |accessdate=April 30, 2012}}</ref><br />
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Whitcombe Disc Golf Course at Beaminster has hosted the British Open Disc Golf Championship on a number of occasions and the European Disc Golf Championship in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pdga-europe.com/eurochallenge_tour.asp?Searched=Yes&Year=NULL&Month=NULL&Country=NULL&Tier=A|title=PDGA Results search|accessdate=April 30, 2012}}</ref><br />
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Clipper Teas Ltd is based in Beaminster. It is currently held by the Dutch company Royal Wessanen.<ref>{{cite news |title=Clipper Teas bids whittled down to five |publisher=The Grocer |url=http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/fmcg/clipper-teas-bids-whittled-down-to-five/123076.article |date=November 10, 2007 |accessdate=April 30, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Clipper tea firm to stay in Dorset, new owner Wessanen says |publisher=BBC News |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-17262806 |date=March 5, 2012 |accessdate=April 30, 2012}}</ref> The town is twinned with the town of St James on the Brittany / Normandy border in France.<br />
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==Outside links==<br />
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==References==<br />
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===Sources===<br />
*{{cite book |last1=Newman |first1=John |last2=Pevsner |first2=Nikolaus |author2-link=Nikolaus Pevsner |series=[[Pevsner Architectural Guides#Buildings of England|The Buildings of England]] |title=Dorset |year=1972 |publisher=Penguin Books |location=Harmondsworth |isbn=0-14-071044-2 |pages=84–89}}</div>RB