[16] It fell to the Parliamentarians in 1645 and orders were sent out for the castle to be demolished. [92] A small signal box stood at the Watchet end of the platform, but was demolished in 1926 when this was extended. [61] The church was started by William de Moyon during the 11th century. Clothes R.M.Williams, Scotch & Soda. It is at the top of Conygar Hill and overlooks the village. [52] Both day-trippers and those staying for longer periods are catered for with shops, pubs, cafes and hotels. [57], A more recent tradition (started in 1987) is Dunster by Candlelight which takes place every year on the first Friday and Saturday in December when this remarkably preserved medieval village turns its back on the present and lights its streets with candles. The line was operated by the Bristol and Exeter Railway which was amalgamated into the Great Western Railway (GWR) in 1876. [31] The market was held in "The Shambles" however these shops were demolished in 1825 and now only the Yarn Market remains. [22] Aisles were added in 1504. The line was reopened as a heritage railway operated by the West Somerset Railway on 28 March 1976. At the end of the 14th century the de Mohuns sold the castle to the Luttrell family, who continued to occupy the property until the late 20th century. The larger and most expensive local services such as education, social services, libraries, main roads, public transport, policing and fire services, trading standards, waste disposal and strategic planning are the responsibility of Somerset County Council. In summer, convection, caused by the sun heating the land surface more than the sea, sometimes forms rain clouds and at that time of year a large proportion of the rainfall comes from showers and thunderstorms. Phil Dunster and Brett Goldstein in “Ted Lasso,” now streaming on Apple TV+. The Priory Church of St George, dovecote and tithe barn are all relics from the Priory. It is also part of the Bridgwater and West Somerset county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The tiled roof provides shelter from the rain. The GWR was nationalised into British Railways in 1948 and from 1964, when goods traffic was withdrawn on 6 July, the line was run down until it was eventually closed on 4 January 1971. Dunster is a village, civil parish and former manor within the English county of Somerset, today just within the north-eastern boundary of the Exmoor National Park. [96] The Grade II listed building was originally constructed in the 1870s. Dunster got his role the old-fashioned way, by audition. Most notable are the pillboxes on the foreshore of Dunster Beach. It elects one Member of parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election, and is part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament; the constituency elects seven MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation. The village grew up around Dunster Castle which was built on the Tor by the Norman warrior William I de Moyon (d. post 1090) shortly after the Norman Conquest of 1066. Dunster is a village, civil parish and former manor within the English county of Somerset, today just within the north-eastern boundary of the Exmoor National Park.