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Watchet timeline
Created by
Sorcha Blackshaw
⟶ Updated 29 Oct 2018 ⟶
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(1862) West Somerset Railway Opened
(1912) West Somerset Railway extended to East Quay
(1929) Paper mill had rail connection
(1960s) Paper mill employing over 500 people
(2001) Population : 3,948
(2011) Population : 3,785
(Spring 2014) Started working on 4 regeneration plans: 1. Boat Museum & Visitor Centre 2. East Quay Foundry 3. Community Centre 4. Coastal Pathways
(Dec. 2015) Paper mill shut down
(Over 1000 years ago) Watchet has been a trading port
