The hamstone Abbey Farm House was built about 1420 by John Stourton II, known as Jenkyn. A new station at Yeovil Junction was provided south of the town from where passengers could catch a connecting service to Hendford. The table details Yeovil Town's achievements in senior first team competition from the 1895–96 season to the end of the most recently completed season. Officially designated as Yeovil Municipal Borough in 1854,[21] 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. Other football teams in the town include Westland's Sports Football Club, which plays at Alvington Lane, and Pen Mill Football Club. It was another good campaign too, with the team acclimatising well to their new status and gaining a very respectable fourth place finish. This page was last edited on 18 July 2020, at 16:28. Includes goals scored in all competitions. Outlying villages include East Coker, West Coker, Hardington Mandeville, Evershot, Halstock, Stoford, Barwick, Sutton Bingham, Mudford and Yetminster. As an associated company of the GWR, this was a broad gauge line. Bus services linking the centre to Yeovil Junction are run by South West Coaches[55][56] except on Sundays and bank holidays, when a service is operated by First West of England. [10] The parish of Yeovil was part of the Stone Hundred. [33] The urban area also includes Yeovil Without, with 7260 and Brympton with 5268. The appointment of former manager, Jamie Sherwood, was confirmed in November 2020. Steve cited work and personal commitments for his resignation. They were elected to play in the Southern League for the 1922–23 season. In 1853 the Great Western Railway line was opened between Taunton and Yeovil. [48], Hendford Manor in the town centre was built about 1720 and has since been converted into offices. [3] In 1205 it was granted a charter by King John. Archaeological surveys of the town have yielded Palaeolithic burial and settlement sites mainly to the south of the modern town,[2] particularly in Hendford, where a Bronze Age golden torc (twisted collar) was found. Yeovil still has a town council which took over the functions of the Charter Trustees in 1982. Divisions are sorted according to their level within the. [34], AgustaWestland manufactures helicopters in Yeovil,[36] and Normalair Garratt, (Honeywell) builder of aircraft oxygen systems, is also based there. They once again finished fourth in 2015, this time with 31 points. There is a stair turret to the north-west corner, with a weather vane termination. The Reserves finished the season as League champions, gaining promotion to the South West League, Division One. Ninesprings Country Park is in the south-east near Penn Hill. [4] The route of the old road is aligned with the A37 from Dorchester, Hendford Hill, Rustywell, across the Westland site, to Larkhill Road and Vagg Lane, rejoining the A37 at the Halfway House pub in the Ilchester Road. [12] By the 14th century, the town had gained the right to elect a portreeve. From the next election, Yeovil constituency will contain Ilchester once again to equalise the populations of the Somerset constituencies. [28], The 2001 census gave Yeovil urban area a population of 41,871,[29] but in 2011 the civil parish had 30,378:[1] Yeovil Central Ward with 7230,[30] Yeovil East 7300,[31] Yeovil South 7802,[32] and Yeovil West 7280. The current MP is Marcus Fysh, a member of the Conservative Party.[25]. Competitive football was suspended until after the First World War. The first railway in the town was a branch line from the Bristol and Exeter Railway near Taunton to a terminus at Hendford on the western side of the town, which opened on 1 October 1853. The main degree-awarding body for this is Bournemouth University, with University of the West of England offering some additional courses.[62]. [85], Alison Adburgham (1912–1997), social historian and fashion journalist, was born in Yeovil,[86] as were film historian William K. Everson in 1929,[87] and traditionalist Catholic writer and public figure Michael T. Davies in 1936. [92], The arts are represented by Jim Cregan, a guitarist with Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel,[93] musician John Parish,[94] and his younger sister, actress Sarah Parish. These were adapted for the 1960 film School for Scoundrels, starring Alastair Sim, Terry-Thomas, Ian Carmichael and Irene Handl. [43], Quedam Shopping Centre has some 45 shops: the usual high-street chains, several independents, and a multi-storey car park with about 650 spaces. [13] Yeovil suffered further fires, in 1620 and again in 1643. In July 2019, Yeovil Town's ownership was successfully transferred to Adam Murry who took control of A.F.C. The 2006–07 season saw the Glovers at last seal promotion to the South West Combination League. [1], The following season saw the team hit the headlines following a 21–0 victory over Reading Town in the August. Yeovil were promoted to the Football League Third Division in 2003, after 108 years in non-league football, and the 2004–05 season saw them promoted to the third tier of English football. The village of Brympton, now almost a suburb of Yeovil, contains the medieval manor of Brympton d'Evercy. Other nearby villages include Bradford Abbas, Thornford Corscombe, Montacute (where one will find Montacute House), and Pendomer. R1 (S) – First round Southern section, etc. Further education in Yeovil is mainly offered by Yeovil College,[60] with land-based studies available through a Yeovil centre of Bridgwater College,[61] and some provision through private providers. Yeovil Town are a team that Bristol Rovers have only ever beaten four times in competitive matches, with there being five draws and five defeats in the fourteen games they have played against each other. Yeovil is home to Ivel Barbarians Rugby Club, formed in 1995 by a merger of the Yeovil and Westlands clubs. The aircraft and defence industries that developed in the 20th century made it a target for bombing in the Second World War. It lies in the centre of the Yeovil Scarplands, a major natural region of England. [13] In March 2020, the 2019–20 season was cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic with Yeovil sitting in 5th place.

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