[21] The last mill, used as a shirt factory, closed in the early 1950s. It is supplied with water taken from the. Average rainfall is around 700 mm (28 in). It dates from the 14th century. He also visited the school in March 2010 to perform his show Hitler Moustache. [108] The Baptist chapel was built in 1831. This village is the first home of Cheddar cheese, which must be it greatest claim to international attention. [82] The comedian Richard Herring grew up in Cheddar. BS27 3RH is a residential postcode in Cheddar, Somerset. The parish council evaluates local planning applications and works with the police, district council officers, and neighbourhood watch groups on matters of crime, security, and traffic. The village is now a major tourist destination with several cultural and community facilities, including the Cheddar Show Caves Museum.[2]. [76], Cheddar has a number of active service clubs including Cheddar Vale Lions Club, Mendip Rotary and Mendip Inner Wheel Club. constituency: Wells Cheddar is a large village in Somerset, nine miles north-west of Wells on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills, at the foot of the vast, dramatic Cheddar Gorge. [92][93] Apart from cheese and cider, Cheddar has been a centre for strawberry growing. [12] They are located on the grounds of The Kings of Wessex Academy, together with a 14th-century chapel dedicated to St. [54] Purple gromwell (Lithospermum purpurocaeruleum), a nationally rare plant, also grows in the wood. Cook until bread is crusty and cheese has melted, 4-5 minutes, flipping sandwiches halfway through cooking. [103] Fairlands takes children moving up from Cheddar First School as well as other first schools in the Cheddar Valley. There is evidence of occupation from the Neolithic period in Cheddar. [78], Several notable people have been born or lived in Cheddar. [62] The annual mean temperature is approximately 10 °C (50.0 °F). The output in 2005 was around 4,000 tonnes of limestone per day, one third of which was supplied to an on-site lime kiln, which closed in 2009;[58] the remainder was sold as coated or dusted aggregates. He inspired Hannah More in her work to improve the conditions of the Mendip miners and agricultural workers. The line ran from Yatton to Wells. [53] This site compromises a wide range of habitats which include ancient and secondary semi-natural broadleaved woodland, unimproved neutral grassland, and a complex mosaic of calcareous grassland and acidic dry dwarf-shrub heath. [29][30][31] This apparently illogical situation is explained by the relative importance of the two places in historic times. Cheddar is a large village in Somerset, nine miles north-west of Wells on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills, at the foot of the vast, dramatic Cheddar Gorge. [13], The manor of Cheddar was deforested in 1337 and Bishop Ralph was granted a licence by the King to create a hunting forest. [4] There was a royal palace at Cheddar during the Saxon period, which was used on three occasions in the 10th century to host the Witenagemot. It is situated on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills, 9 miles (14 km) north-west of Wells. Convective cloud sometimes forms inland, reducing the number of hours of sunshine; annual sunshine rates are slightly less than the regional average of 1,600 hours. Gough's Cave, which was discovered in 1903,[28] leads around 437 yards into the rock-face, and contains a variety of large rock chambers and formations. [15] An alternative spelling in earlier documents, common through the 1850s is Chedder. [113], Cheddar Football Club, founded in 1892 and nicknamed "The Cheesemen",[114] play in the Western Football League Division One.