Keynsham

Keynsham (pronounced "CANE-sh'm"), is a town near Bristol in the district of Bath and North East Somerset, England, and traditionally in the county of Somerset. The town is said to be named after Saint Keyna. Keynsham is twinned with Libourne, France.

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At Keynsham, the River Chew meets the River Avon.

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The remains of a Roman villa lie on the outskirts of the town. An important industry in the town is Cadbury's chocolate factory, formerly Fry's, it was merged with Cadbury in 1919. Keynsham Cadbury is the home of Fry's Chocolate Cream, the Double Decker, Dairy Milk, Chocolate Buttons, Mini Eggs, Cream Eggs, Fudge, Chomp and most importantly, the Crunchie Bar. According to Cadbury Employees (or 'Chocolate Welders' as they are locally known), the Crunchie Machine makes enough bars to stretch to The Moon and back every week!

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The town featured as the title of an album by the Bonzo Dog Band.

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The town also became famous in the 1960s from an advert on Radio Luxembourg for Horace Bachelor's Infra-draw betting system where he spelled out the name of the town: "Keynsham ? spelt K-E-Y-N-S-H-A-M ? Keynsham, Bristol". This is where the Bonzos got the idea for their album title.

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On February 2, 2005, Keynsham was granted Fairtrade Town status.

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On the outskirts of Keynsham lies Keynsham Humpy Tumps, one of the most floristically rich acidic grassland sites within the Avon area.

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Town: In American English, a town is usually a municipal corporation that is smaller than a city but larger than a village. In some cases, "town" is an alternate name for "city" or "village" (especially a larger village). Sometimes, the word "town" is short for "township."...

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Bath and North East Somerset: Bath and North East Somerset (commonly referred to as BANES or B&NES) is an English unitary local government authority that was created on April 1, 1996 following the abolition of Avon County Council, and is an administrative county in its own right....