Yeovil
Yeovil County Court
Yeovil shown within Somerset
Population	41,871[1]
OS grid reference	ST552164
District	South Somerset
Shire county	Somerset
Region	South West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	YEOVIL
Postcode district	BA20, BA21, BA22
Dialling code	01935
Police	Avon and Somerset
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
European Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	Yeovil
List of places: UK • England • Somerset

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Yeovil (pronounced /ˈjovɪl/) is a town in south Somerset, England, on the A30 and A37. It has a population of 41,871 at the 2001 census (est. 42,500 in 2006). The town lies within the local district of South Somerset and the Yeovil parliamentary constituency. This article is about the county of Somerset in England. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... The A30 is an old trunk road (main road) which runs from central London to Lands End, the westernmost point of the mainland of England (though not of mainland Great Britain), and is sometimes called the Great South West Road. ... The A37 is a major road in southern England. ... South Somerset is a local government district in Somerset, England. ... Yeovil is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

It has palaeolithic remains, was on an old Roman road and was recorded in the Domesday Book as the town of Givle. It has been a centre of the aircraft and defence industries. The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic – lit. ... Roman or Romans may refer to: A thing or person of or from the city of Rome. ... A line drawing entitled Domesday Book from Andrew Williamss Historic Byways and Highways of Old England. ...

History

The name "Yeovil" comes via Anglo-Saxon from a corruption of the Celtic gifl "forked river",^[2] or 'The river noble' from the Old English ea and aerel,^[3] which became Givele. Note: This page contains phonetic information presented in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) using Unicode. ... The Celtic languages are the languages descended from Proto-Celtic, or Common Celtic, a branch of the greater Indo-European language family. ... Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon[1], Old English: ) is an early form of the English language that was spoken in parts of what is now England and southern Scotland between the mid-fifth century and the mid-twelfth century. ...

Archaeological surveys have indicated signs of activity from the palaeolithic period, with burial and occupation sites located principally to the south of the modern town.^[4]

Yeovil was on the main Roman road from Dorchester to the Fosse Way at Ilchester. The route of the old road is aligned with the A37 from Dorchester, Hendford Hill, Rustywell, aross the Westland site, to Larkhill Road, and Vagg Lane, rejoining the A37 at the Halfway House pub on the Ilchester Road. The Westland site has evidence of a small Roman town.^[5] There were several Roman villas (estates) in the area, including finds at East Coker, West Coker and Lufton.^[6][4] Not to be confused with Romans road. ... The main road through Dorchester Dorchester is a market town in south west Dorset, England, situated on the River Frome and A35 road 20 miles west of Poole and five miles north of Weymouth. ... The Fosse Way was a Roman road in England which linked Exeter (Isca Dumnoniorum) in South West England, to Lincoln (Lindum) in the East Midlands, via Bath (Aquae Sulis), Cirencester (Corinium) and Leicester (Ratae Coritanorum). ... Ilchester is a village and civil parish, situated on the River Yeo five miles north of Yeovil, in the English county of Somerset. ... The A37 is a major road in southern England. ... A Roman villa is a villa that was built or lived in during the Roman Empire. ... East Coker is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated two miles south of Yeovil in the South Somerset district. ... West Coker is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated three miles southwest of Yeovil in the South Somerset district. ...

First recorded in the Domesday Book as the town of Givle,^[3] it features as a thriving market community, with a population of around 1000. In 1205 it was granted a charter by King John.^[7] By the 14th century, the town had gained the right to elect a portreeve.^[7] The Black Death exacted a heavy toll, killing approximately half the population.^[3] In 1499 a major fire broke out in the town, destroying many of the wooden, thatched roofed buildings. Yeovil suffered further serious fires, in 1620 and again in 1643.^[4] A line drawing entitled Domesday Book from Andrew Williamss Historic Byways and Highways of Old England. ... This article is about the King of England. ... This article refers to the political appointment portreeve; for the town in Canada see Portreeve, Saskatchewan. ... This article concerns the mid fourteenth century pandemic. ...

At the time of the 1801 Census, the population of Yeovil was about 2,800.^[7] During the 1800s Yeovil was a centre of the glove making industry and by 1853 was connected to the rest of Britain via railway and soon after, in 1856, the town gained borough status and was given a mayor. 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. // Leather gloves A glove (Middle English from Old English glof) is a type of garment (and more specifically a fashion accessory) which covers the hand of a human. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

In April 2006 Yeovil became the first town in Britain to institute a somewhat controversial system of biometric fingerprint scanning in nightclubs. Individuals wishing to gain access to one of the town's nightclubs are being asked in the first instance to submit their personal details for inclusion in a central system. This includes a photograph and index fingerprint. Thereafter, each entry to one of the participating premises will require a fingerprint scan. If the system is proved successful at reducing crime and violence, it will be introduced in towns throughout the country.^[8][9] At Disney World, biometric measurements are taken of the fingers of multi-day pass users to ensure that the pass is used by the same person from day to day. ... This article is about human fingerprints. ...

Summerlands Park Gardens.

In late July 2007, South Somerset District Council plans were made public by the Western Gazette to build a £21m 'Yeovil Sports Zone' on Yeovil Recreation Ground,^[10] which has been a popular open green space used by the local community for over seventy years. Residents are currently fighting to protect the Rec.^[11][12] The free, informal recreational space of Mudford Rec, as it is known colloquially, was frequented by England Cricket great Ian Botham during his childhood stay in Yeovil.^[13] Sir Ian Terence Botham, OBE (born 24 November 1955) is a former England Test cricketer and Test team captain, and current cricket commentator. ...

Governance

Yeovil hospital.

Officially designated as a borough in 1854, 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.^[7] Non-metropolitan districts (usually known as just districts) are a type of local government district in England. ... is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... South Somerset is a local government district in Somerset, England. ...

Yeovil is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The constituency covers the towns of Yeovil, Chard, Crewkerne and Ilminster in Somerset. Until 1983 Somerset was split into four constituencies and Yeovil constituency also contained the towns of Ilchester, Martock and Somerton but they were moved into the newly created constituency of Somerton and Frome. From the next election, Yeovil constituency will contain Ilchester once again to equalise the populations of the Somerset constituencies. The Boundary Commission for England estimate the electorate of Yeovil constituency after the pending boundary changes to be 77,049. The current MP is David Laws, a member of the Liberal Democrats.^[14] Yeovil is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... A County constituency is a constituency in the United Kingdom that covers a predominantly rural area. ... Type Lower House Speaker Michael Martin, (Non-affiliated) since October 23, 2000 Leader Harriet Harman, (Labour) since June 28, 2007 Shadow Leader Theresa May, (Conservative) since May 5, 2005 Members 659 Political groups Labour Party Conservative Party Liberal Democrats Scottish National Party Plaid Cymru Democratic Unionist Party Sinn Féin... Type Bicameral Houses House of Commons House of Lords Speaker of the House of Commons Michael Martin MP Speaker of the House of Lords Hélène Hayman, PC Members 1377 (646 Commons, 731 Peers) Political groups Labour Party Conservative Party Liberal Democrats Scottish National Party Plaid Cymru Democratic Unionist... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... The plurality voting system, also known as first past the post, is a voting system used to elect a single winner in a given election. ... Map sources for Chard at grid reference ST3208 Chard is a town in the county of Somerset, England, situated on the A30 road near the Devon border, 15 miles south west of Yeovil. ... Crewkerne is a town in Somerset, England, situated nine miles south west of Yeovil and seven miles east of Chard in the South Somerset district. ... Ilminster is a quiet country town in the countryside of south west Somerset, England, with a population of 4,781[1]. Bypassed a few years ago, the town now lies just east of the intersection of the A303 (London to Exeter) and the A358 (Taunton to Chard and Axminster). ... This article is about the county of Somerset in England. ... For the Jimi Hendrix song, see 1983. ... This article is about the county of Somerset in England. ... Ilchester is a village and civil parish, situated on the River Yeo five miles north of Yeovil, in the English county of Somerset. ... Martock is a large village in south Somerset on the edge of the Somerset Levels. ... Somerton is a town in Somerset, England, near Yeovil and Street, in the South Somerset district. ... Somerton and Frome is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Ilchester is a village and civil parish, situated on the River Yeo five miles north of Yeovil, in the English county of Somerset. ... In the United Kingdom, the four Boundary Commissions are responsible for determining the boundaries of House of Commons constituencies. ... In politics, an electorate is the group of people entitled to vote in an election. ... David Anthony Laws (born 30 November 1965) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ...

Residents of Yeovil also form part of the electorate for the South West England constituency for elections to the European Parliament.^[15] The constituency (first used 2004) within England; Gibraltar is in the inset. ... Established 1952, as the Common Assembly President Hans-Gert Pöttering (EPP) Since 16 January 2007 Vice-Presidents 14 Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou (EPP) Alejo Vidal-Quadras (EPP) Gérard Onesta (Greens – EFA) Edward McMillan-Scott (ED) Mario Mauro (EPP) Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez (PES) Luigi Cocilovo (ALDE) Mechtild...

Geography

Yeovil is situated at the Southern Boundary of Somerset, close to the border with Dorset, 130 miles (209 km) from London, 40 miles (64 km) south of Bristol and 30 miles (48 km) from Taunton. Dorset (pronounced DOR-sit or [dÉ”.sÉ™t], and sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the south-west of England, on the English Channel coast. ... “Miles” redirects here. ... “km” redirects here. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the English city. ... For other uses, see Taunton (disambiguation). ...

The suburbs include: Summerlands, Hollands, Houndstone, Preston Plucknett, Penn Mill, New Town, Hendford.

Outlying villages include East Coker , Evershot, Halstock, Stoford, Sutton Bingham, Mudford and Yetminster. Other nearby villages include Bradford Abbas, Corscombe, Montacute (where one will find Montacute House), and Pendomer. The village of Brympton, now almost a suburb of Yeovil, contains the medieval manor of Brympton d'Evercy. Tintinhull is also a village close to Yeovil featuring the National Trust owned Tintinhull House and Gardens. East Coker is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated two miles south of Yeovil in the South Somerset district. ... Evershot is a village in west Dorset, England, eight miles south of Yeovil. ... Halstock is a village in north west Dorset, England, five miles south of Yeovil. ... Stoford is a small village which runs into another small village, Barwick, just outside Yeovil, Somerset, England. ... Sutton Bingham is a small hamlet of approximately eight buildings, near Yeovil, England, including Sutton Bingham Manor, a Norman church and Sutton Bingham Sailing Club (SBSC). ... Mudford is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated three miles from Yeovil in the South Somerset district. ... Yetminster is a village in north west Dorset, England, five miles south west of Sherborne. ... Bradford Abbas is a village in north west Dorset, England, three miles south east of Yeovil and five miles south west of Sherborne. ... Corscombe is a small village in west Dorset, England, halfway between Yeovil and Beaminster. ... Montacute is a small village in Somerset, England, two miles south of Yeovil. ... Montacute House, the west front. ... Brympton is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated two miles west of Yeovil on the A3088 road in the South Somerset district. ... “Suburbia” redirects here. ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times. ... For the 17th century system in Canada, see Seigneurial system of New France. ... Brympton d Evercy, Somerset, England. ... Tintinhull is a tiny hamlet just outside of Tamworth in New South Wales, Australia. ... Tintinhull is a tiny hamlet just outside of Tamworth in New South Wales, Australia. ...

Climate

Along with the rest of South West England, Yeovil has a temperate climate which is generally wetter and milder than the rest of the country. The annual mean temperature is approximately 10 °C (50.0 °F) and shows a seasonal and a diurnal variation, but due to the modifying effect of the sea the range is less than in most other parts of the UK. January is the coldest month with mean minimum temperatures between 1 °C (33.8 °F) and 2 °C (35.6 °F). July and August are the warmest months in the region with mean daily maxima around 21 °C (69.8 °F). This article is about the region. ... For other uses, see Celsius (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Fahrenheit (disambiguation). ... Diurnal motion is an astronomical term referring to the apparent daily motion of stars in orbit around the Earth, caused by the Earths rotation around its axis. ...

The south-west of England has a favoured location with respect to the Azores high pressure when it extends its influence north-eastwards towards the UK, particularly in summer. Convective cloud often forms inland however, especially near hills, reducing the number of hours of sunshine. The average annual sunshine totals around 1,600 hours. Motto:  (Portuguese for Rather die free than in peace subjugated) Anthem:  (national)  (local) Capital Ponta Delgada1 Angra do Heroísmo2 Horta3 Largest city Ponta Delgada Official languages Portuguese Ethnic groups  Portuguese Government Autonomous region  -  President Carlos César Establishment  -  Settled 1439   -  Autonomy 1976  Area  -  Total 2,346 km² (n/a... Convection is the transfer of heat by the motion of or within a fluid. ...

Rainfall tends to be associated with Atlantic depressions or with convection. The Atlantic depressions are more vigorous in autumn and winter and most of the rain which falls in those seasons in the south-west is from this source. Average rainfall is around 31 inches (787 mm)–35 inches (889 mm). About 8–15 days of snowfall is typical. 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.^[16] A large low-pressure system swirls off the southwestern coast of Iceland, illustrating the maxim that nature abhors a vacuum. ... An inch (plural: inches; symbol or abbreviation: in or, sometimes, ″ - a double prime) is the name of a unit of length in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... A millimetre (American spelling: millimeter, symbol mm) is an SI unit of length that is equal to one thousandth of a metre. ...

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Demography

Yeovil has a population of 41,871 at the 2001 census (est. 42,500 in 2006).

Economy

Westland Helicopters works

AgustaWestland manufactures helicopters in Yeovil,^[18] and Normalair Garratt, builder of aircraft oxygen systems, is also based in the town.^[19] Westland Aircraft was a British aircraft manufacturer located in Yeovil in Somerset, formed just before the start of World War II. During the war the company produced a number of generally unsuccessful designs, but their Lysander would serve as an important liaison aircraft with the RAF. After the war the... AgustaWestland is a helicopter design and manufacturing company based in Italy and the United Kingdom. ...

Yeovil's reputation as a centre of the aircraft and defence industries lived on into the 21st century despite attempts at diversification, and the creation of numerous industrial estates, the principal employer is the aviation group AgustaWestland. This firm was created through the acquisition of Westland Helicopters by Agusta in 2000. In January 1986 the proposed sale of Westland to the American Sikorski Fiat group led to a crisis in the Thatcher government, the resignation of Michael Heseltine as Defence Secretary and the resignation two weeks later of the Trade and Industry Secretary Leon Brittan after his admission of leaking of a governmental law officer's letter which harshly criticised Mr Heseltine. AgustaWestland is a helicopter design and manufacturing company based in Italy and the United Kingdom. ... Westland Aircraft was a British aircraft manufacturer located in Yeovil in Somerset, formed just before the start of World War II. During the war the company produced a number of generally unsuccessful designs, but their Lysander would serve as an important liaison aircraft with the RAF. After the war the... Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS (née Roberts; born 13 October 1925) served as British Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 until 1990, being the first and only woman to hold either post. ... Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine, Baron Heseltine, CH, PC (born 21 March 1933) is a British businessman and Conservative Party politician. ... The Secretary of State for Defence is the senior United Kingdom government minister in charge of the Ministry of Defence. ... The President of the Board of Trade the title of a cabinet position in the United Kingdom government. ... Sir Leon Brittan, Rt. ...

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Landmarks

Jack the Treacle Eater, one of the Barwick follies

The Museum of South Somerset is in Hendford. Barwick is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated two miles south of Yeovil in the South Somerset district and on the border with Dorset. ...

Yeovil has two theatres, a ten-screen cinema and 18-lane ten-pin bowling alley.

Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides local health services.

One of the symbols of Yeovil is Jack the Treacle Eater, a folly consisting of a small archway topped by a turret with a statue on top. This is actually located in the village of Barwick, just to the south of the town. Barwick is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated two miles south of Yeovil in the South Somerset district and on the border with Dorset. ...

Transport

The town has two railway stations on two separate railway lines. Yeovil Pen Mill is on the Bristol to Weymouth line served by the First Great Western train operating company, whilst Yeovil Junction is on the London Waterloo to Exeter line served by South West Trains. Both stations are situated some distance from the centre of Yeovil, with Pen Mill station being just under one mile to the east and Junction station being just over one mile to the south. Yeovil Pen Mill railway station is one of two railway stations serving the town of Yeovil in Somerset. ... Heart of Wessex Line branding on a Class 31 locomotive The Heart of Wessex Line is a United Kingdom railway line that runs from Bristol to Westbury to Weymouth. ... First Great Western is the operating name of First Greater Western Ltd,[1] a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup, which operates services in the west and south west of England and South Wales. ... National Rail uses the BR double arrow logo National Rail is a brand name describing the passenger rail service previously provided by British Rail, the now defunct UK state-owned rail operator. ... Yeovil Junction railway station serves the town of Yeovil, Somerset, England. ... The West of England Main Line is the British railway line from London Waterloo to Exeter. ... South West Trains (SWT) is a train operating company operating in the United Kingdom, providing train services to the south-west of London, chiefly in Greater London and the counties of Surrey, Hampshire, Dorset, Devon, Somerset, Berkshire and Wiltshire (the area largely covered before 1923 by the London and South... “Miles” redirects here. ...

Yeovil also has a bus service provided by First Avon and Somerset along with coach services from Bakers and South West Tours.

Education

Yeovil is home to a number of primary and secondary schools, including Preston School, whose past pupils include actress Sarah Parish, Buckler's Mead School Sir Ian Botham's former School and Westfield School, which is also a science college. Further Education is principally offered by Yeovil College,^[20] with land-based studies available through a Yeovil centre of Bridgwater College,^[21] and some provision through private providers. It also contains one higher education university centre, University Centre Yeovil. The registered awarding body for the university centre is Bournemouth University. Parish in The Wedding Date. ... Sir Ian Terence Botham, OBE (born 24 November 1955) is a former England Test cricketer and Test team captain, and current cricket commentator. ... Bournemouth University is a university in and around the large south coast town of Bournemouth, UK (although its main campus is actually situated in neighbouring Poole). ...

Westfield School

Westfield School is situated on Westfield Road. It has 4 main buildings on site and over 15 different facilities. Westfield is a science college and has some of the best science facilities in somerset.However, The rivaled local secondary school Bucklers Mead has the best Music and Technology Facilities in Somerset and continually receives one of the best OFSTED reports in the country^{[citation needed]} Westfield School is a school in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. ...

Religious sites

St John's Church.

The Church of St John The Baptist dates from the late 14th century. The tower is 92 feet (28 m) high, in 4-stages with set back offset corner buttresses. It is capped by openwork balustrading eatching the parapets which are from the 19th century. 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. The tower contains two bells dating from 1728 and made by Thomas Bilbie of the Bilbie family in Chew Stoke. The "Great Bell" was recast from 4,502 pounds (2,042 kg/321.6 st) to 4,992 lb (2,264 kg/356.6 st).^[22] It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade I listed building.^[23] This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right). ... Weather vane Weather cock Aerovane A weather vane, also called a wind vane, is a movable device attached to an elevated object such as a roof for showing the direction of the wind. ... Bilbie bell kept in St Andrews Church as a memorial to the family. ... Bridge at Chew Stoke Chew Stoke is a small village approximately 8 miles south of Bristol. ... Look up pound in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Kg redirects here. ... The standard of English Heritage English Heritage is a non-departmental public body of the United Kingdom government (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) with a broad remit of managing the historic environment of England. ... The Forth Bridge, designed by Sir Benjamin Baker and Sir John Fowler, opened in 1890, and now owned by Network Rail, is designated as a Category A listed building by Historic Scotland. ...

Suburbs

Houndstone, Hollands, Summerlands, Penn Mill, Preston Plunkett, New Town, Hendford, Old Town.

Sport

The local football team Yeovil Town F.C. play in green and white livery. Known as the 'Glovers' (a reference to the town's glove-making past), they won promotion to Division Three as Football Conference champions.^[24] They had achieved numerous FA Cup victories over Football League sides in the past 50 years, and since joining the elite they have won promotion again – as League Two champions in 2005. They came close to yet another promotion in 2007, when they reached the League One playoff final, but lost to Blackpool at the newly reopened Wembley Stadium. Soccer redirects here. ... Yeovil Town F.C. are an English football team based in Yeovil, Somerset. ... From the 1992-93 to the 2003-04 season, the Football League Third Division was the third-highest division of The Football League and the fourth-highest division in the overall English football league system. ... The Football Conference is a football league at the top of the National League System of non-League football in England. ... This article is about the English FA Cup. ... The Football League is an organisation representing 72 professional football clubs in England and Wales, and runs the oldest professional football league competition in the world. ... Football League Two (often referred to as League Two for short or Coca-Cola Football League 2 for sponsorship reasons) is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system. ... Football League One (often referred to as League One for short or Coca-Cola Football League 1 for sponsorship reasons) is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system. ... Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 and located in the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. ... For the old stadium, see Wembley Stadium (1923). ...

Notable residents

• T. S. Eliot - Famous poet, overall winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, buried in nearby East Coker.
• Jim Cregan, guitarist with original Cockney Rebel.
• Robert Harbin - born in 1526, was a mercer by profession, who lived and died in Yeovil. He is buried in St. John the Baptist Church. His house, located at the edge of town and named Newton Surmaville, was completed in 1612 Robert was granted his coat of arms in May 1612 and given the title "Gentleman". He was not knighted.
• Michael T. Davies, Traditionalist Catholic writer and public figure (born in Yeovil in 1936)
• William K. Everson - the film historian.
• PJ Harvey - singer and songwriter.
• Sarah Parish - actress.
• Sir Ian Botham - cricketer.
• Sir William Dampier - 17th Century English explorer, the first man to circumnavigate the world twice, and to map Australia. Born in nearby East Coker.
• Stuckley Wescott - Early American (17th century) settler. Co-founder, with Roger Williams and 11 others, of Providence, Rhode Island (1636), early American religious freedom asylum.
• Trevor Peacock currently lives in the area. Most famous for his role as Jim Trott in The Vicar of Dibley.
• Martin Cranie - Plays Defence for Portsmouth Football Club.
• Steve Kitch - DJ and Producer.
• Martin Day - writer.
• The Pineapple Thief - Indie band.

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Yeovil is the location for the 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). The books were adapted for the 1960 film School for Scoundrels, starring Alastair Sim, Terry-Thomas, Ian Carmichael and Irene Handl^[25], and the opening sequence of the film was shot on location at Yeovil Town Station (since demolished). Later they were adapted by Barry Took into a BBC TV comedy series called One-Upmanship (1974-78), starring Richard Briers and Peter Jones.^[26] Stephen Potter (1 February 1900 - December 1969) was a British author best known for his mock self-help books, and film and television derivatives from them, though he wrote much more widely, including scholarly books on English literature, and worked producing and writing for the BBC. Potter attended Westminster School... School for Scoundrels or How to Win Without Actually Cheating! is a 1960 British comedy film, remade in 2006, inspired by the lifemanship books of Stephen Potter. ... Alastair Sim in Scrooge (1951) (aka A Christmas Carol) Alastair Sim, CBE (October 9, 1900 – August 19, 1976) was a Scottish character actor, whose comic appearance ensured him success in a string of classic British films. ... Terry-Thomas (left) and Clive Morton in a scene from Lucky Jim (1957) Terry-Thomas (Thomas Terence Hoare-Stephens) (14 July 1911 - 8 January 1990) was a distinctive British comic actor of the 1950s and 1960s. ... Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey Ian Carmichael OBE (born 18 June 1920) is a British film, stage and television actor. ... Irene Handl (December 27, 1901 – November 29, 1987) was an English film actress. ... Barry Took (June 19, 1928 – March 31, 2002) was an English comedian, writer and television presenter. ... Richard Briers, CBE (born on January 14, 1934) is a popular English actor whose career encompasses the theatre, television, film and radio. ... Peter Jones (12 June 1920 – 10 April 2000) was an English actor, playwright and broadcaster. ...

Yeovil is also one of the three principal locations in John Cowper Powys's 1929 novel, Wolf Solent. Powys's father, the Reverend C. F. Powys was vicar at nearby Montacute for 32 years. Yeovil is known in Thomas Hardy's Wessex as "Ivell". John Cowper Powys (October 8, 1872 - June 17, 1963) was a British (English-Welsh) writer, lecturer, and philosopher. ... Thomas Hardy redirects here. ... For the helicopter, see Westland Wessex. ...

In the novel The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje, the character of Maddox is cited as living in the nearby village Marston Magna. In the novel, Maddox's suicide takes place in an unspecified church in Yeovil. This article is about the book. ... Philip Michael Ondaatje, OC (born 12 September 1943) is a Canadian/Sri Lankan novelist and poet perhaps best known for his Booker Prize winning novel adapted into an Academy-Award-winning film, The English Patient. ... Marston Magna is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated five miles north of Yeovil in the South Somerset district. ...

Local band The Chesterfields released a single called 'Last train to Yeovil' and the pop band Bubblegum Splash also released a song called '18:10 to Yeovil Junction'.

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There is, in Johannesburg, South Africa, a suburb called Yeoville which has a link to Yeovil. It was proclaimed in 1890 by one Thomas Yeo Sherwell, a native of Yeovil. He named the streets after his sons, friends and business associates. This article is about the city in South Africa. ... Yeoville is a multicultural district or suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. ...

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