Retirement Properties Spotlight in Keynsham

Keynsham was mentioned in Domesday as Cainesham and was quite wealthy with six mills and 700 sheep and the remains of Keynsham Abbey date back to 1167. In Speed's map of Somerset in the early 17th century both names are used. The town lies about ten miles from Bristol and six miles from Bath on the A4. The focal point is the 13th century St Johns Parish Church with its fine Gothic spire admired by Frederick Handel and John Wesley. The town flourished in the 18th century with the coming of the brass mills in 1706 and theres' still a market on Thursdays.