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Ilminster is a community and civil parish in the countryside of south west Somerset, England, with a population of 5,808. Bypassed in 1988, the town currently lies simply east of the junction of the A303 (London to Exeter) and also the A358 (Taunton to Chard and Axminster). The parish consists of the district of Sea. Ilminster is stated in files dating from 725 and also in a Charter given to the Abbey of Muchelney (10 miles (16 km) to the north) by King Ethelred in 995. Ilminster is additionally stated in the Domesday Book (1086) as Ileminstre meaning ‘The church on the River Isle’ from the Old English ysle as well as mynster. By this period Ilminster was a prospering neighborhood and also was provided the right to hold a regular market, which it still does. Ilminster was part of the numerous Abdick as well as Bulstone. In 1645 during the English Civil War Ilminster was the scene of an altercation between parliamentary troops under Edward Massie and also Royalist forces under Lord Goring who fought for control of the bridges before the Battle of Langport. The town includes the structures of a sixteenth-century grade school, the Ilminster Meeting House, which functions as the town’s art gallery and auditorium. There is additionally a Gospel Hall.