Yeovil
Yeovil yō´vĭl [key], town (1991 pop. 36,114), Somerset, SW England, on the Yeo River. It is a market town and a leather-making center. Glove making has been a local specialty since the 16th cent.; helicopters and processed foods are also produced. The Perpendicular Church of St. John (late 14th cent.) is sometimes called the
Lantern of the West.A number of picturesque old houses are in Yeovil.
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