Watchet

The greater shippes are towed downe with boates, and oares, and the mariners being all apparelled in Watchet or skie coloured cloth, rowed amaine, and made way with diligence.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

A glance at the map will show that the peninsula of Devon and Cornwall narrows considerably in the region of Taunton, forming a sort of neck barely thirty miles from north to south, from Watchet to Lyme Regis.

Marazan Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1951

I asked the Sapper to wake up the look-out on Hartland who had missed the machine before, and set to patrolling between Taunton and Watchet.

Marazan Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1951

When I was nearly up to Watchet the Sapper broke off the desultory conversation that we had been keeping up.

Marazan Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1951

I spoke to the officer, and as I did so I turned again in the dim light and made for the north coast, near Watchet, climbing steadily as I went.

Marazan Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1951

At last the Vicar of Porlock tamed him with a consecrated wafer, compelled him to ride with him to Watchet, and there imprisoned him in a small box, which was straight-way thrown into the sea, and he was seen no more.

Lynton and Lynmouth A Pageant of Cliff & Moorland F. J. Widgery

The Tincture and spirit of Silver manifests its Colour of a Watchet or

Of Natural and Supernatural Things Also of the first Tincture, Root, and Spirit of Metals and Minerals, how the same are Conceived, Generated, Brought forth, Changed, and Augmented. Basilius Valentinus

So we strolled about the town, and saw the sights of Watchet.

Days Off And Other Digressions Henry Van Dyke 1892

When she and I got out of the railway carriage, in the early morning, at the humble station of Watchet, (barely mentioned in the guide-book,) our travelling companions jeered gently at our enterprise.

Days Off And Other Digressions Henry Van Dyke 1892

But there was an inn at Watchet, though I doubt whether it had ever entertained tourists.

Days Off And Other Digressions Henry Van Dyke 1892