Portal:Somerset/Did you know/21

From Wikipedia's "Did You Know" archives:

... that Beckington Castle (pictured), built in the early 17th century, was not called a castle until 1839?
... that the Roman settlement at Gatcombe, in the modern English county of Somerset, may be the site of Iscalis described by Ptolemy?
... that some criminals were seen on television riding around Weston-super-Mare on an open-top bus?
... that Richmont Castle once overlooked the Chew Valley?
...that in 1737 cooper Charles Milsom discovered a spring in Lyncombe, Bath while fixing a fishpond, and styled himself as a doctor to market the spring water for its health-giving properties?