Yeovil

Yeovil is a town in south Somerset, England, on the A30 and A37. It has a population of about 30,000, and is the former constituency of one time leader of the UK Liberal Party, Paddy Ashdown. The town is in the Yeovil parliamentary constituency.

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It is home of the FA Cup giant killing team Yeovil Town F.C. Famous as a glove making town during the industrial revolution, its football team retain the nickname, The Glovers.

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The town's main employer is Westland Helicopters, the proposed sale of which to the American Sikorski Fiat group in January 1986 led to a crisis in the then Thatcher government, and the resignation of Michael Heseltine as Defence Secretary. The political fallout continued 2 weeks later with the resignation of the then Trade and Industry Secretary Leon Brittan after his admission of leaking of a governmental law officer's letter which harshly criticised Mr Heseltine.

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Outlying villages include East Coker, the burial place of the poet T.S. Eliot, Sutton Bingham, Stoford, Evershot, Halstock and Yetminster, the home of folk band The Yetties. Other nearby villages include Bradford Abbas, Corscombe, the former home of singer Polly Jean Harvey, and Pendomer, where William Dampier (1651-1715) the controversial English explorer, sea captain, and scientific observer was born. Former England cricketer Ian Botham comes from Yeovil itself.

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