What is Chard (Somerset)?
'''Chard''' is a [[town]] in [[Somerset]]. It is in the [[South Somerset]] [[District]]. It is near the border of the county of [[Devon]]. Chard is the birthplace of [[aviation]]. It was in Chard, during [[1848]], that [[John Stringfellow]] ([[1799]] - [[1883]]), first demonstrated that [[powered flight]] was possible. In [[1685]], Chard was one of the towns in which [[Judge Jefferies]] held some of the [[Bloody Assizes]] after the failure of the [[Monmouth Rebellion]]. He stayed in ''The Choughs'', a [[public house]] in Chard. {{UK-stub}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Towns in Somerset]]