Editing Shepton Mallet (section)

==Notable people==
*[[Edmund Adams]] (1915–2005), cricketer, was born in Shepton Mallet.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Edmund Joe Adams |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3399/3399.html |publisher=Cricket Archive |access-date=13 October 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111017045448/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3399/3399.html |archive-date=17 October 2011}}</ref>
*[[Simon Browne]] (1680–1732), a [[English Dissenters|dissenting]] preacher and theologian born in Shepton Mallet, preached at [[Old Jewry]] in London and in [[Portsmouth]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://chestofbooks.com/reference/American-Cyclopaedia-14/Simeon-Simon-Browne.html |title=Simeon – Simon Browne |publisher=The American Cyclopaedia |access-date=23 February 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111012134958/http://chestofbooks.com/reference/American-Cyclopaedia-14/Simeon-Simon-Browne.html |archive-date=12 October 2011}}{{Cite book |last1=Bogue |first1=David |author-link=David Bogue |author-link2=James Bennett (minister) |last2=Bennett |first2=James |title=The History of Dissenters: from the Revolution to the year 1808 |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofdissent21benn |year=1833 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofdissent21benn/page/369 369]–370}} available at [https://books.google.com/books?id=WeM8AAAAcAAJ&dq=simon%20browne%20shepton%20mallet&pg=PA369 Google Books]</ref><ref>{{ODNBweb |id=3698 |title=Browne, Simon |last=Trapnell |first=William H.}}</ref>
*[[Christopher Cazenove]] (1945–2010), cinema, television and stage actor, lived at Ham Manor in Bowlish as a child.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/shepton/news/Somerset-bred-star-small-big-screen-dies-aged-66/article-2012888-detail/article.html |title=Somerset-bred star of small and big screen dies, aged 66 |publisher=[[Shepton Mallet Journal]] |date=15 April 2010 |access-date=16 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100429130333/http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/shepton/news/Somerset-bred-star-small-big-screen-dies-aged-66/article-2012888-detail/article.html |archive-date=29 April 2010}}</ref>
*[[William Henry Coombes]] (1767–1850), Catholic theologian, was a priest in Shepton Mallet in 1810–1849, then retired to nearby [[Downside Abbey]].<ref>{{ODNBweb |id=6204 |title=Coombes, William Henry |last=Mitchell |first=Rosemary}}</ref>
*[[Herbert Foxwell]] (1849–1936), economist, was born in Shepton Mallet on 17 June 1849.<ref>{{ODNBweb |id=33239 |title=Foxwell, Herbert Somerton |last=Bowley |first=A. L.}}</ref>
*[[Ronald Gould (trade unionist)|Sir Ronald Gould]] (1904–1986), general secretary of the [[National Union of Teachers]] in 1947–1970, was educated at Shepton Mallet Grammar School.<ref>''Chalk up the Memory – The autobiography of Sir Ronald Gould'' (George Philip Alexander Ltd, 1976).</ref><ref>{{ODNBweb |id=39988 |title=Gould, Sir Ronald |last=McAvoy |first=Doug}}</ref>
*[[Madeleine Harris]] (born 2001), actress who starred in ''[[Paddington (2014 film)|Paddington]]'' and its [[Paddington 2|sequel]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/542692/Schoolgirl-talks-of-her-lead-role-in-Paddington-film |title=Schoolgirl talks of her lead role in Paddington film. |last=Henn |first=Peter |date=2 December 2014 |work=[[Daily Express]] |access-date=12 April 2016}}</ref>
*[[Racey Helps]] (1913–1970), children's writer and illustrator, lived in the town in the 1940s.<ref>Bear Alley. [http://bearalley.blogspot.hu/2006/12/racey-helps.html Retrieved 25 January 2013.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004234957/http://bearalley.blogspot.hu/2006/12/racey-helps.html |date=4 October 2013}}</ref>
*[[Hugh Inge]] or Ynge (died 1528), [[Archbishop of Dublin (Roman Catholic)|Archbishop of Dublin]] and [[Lord Chancellor of Ireland]], was a native of Shepton Mallet.<ref>O'Flanagan, J. Roderick: ''Lives of the Lord Chancellors of Ireland'' (London 1870).</ref>
*[[John Lewis (department store founder)|John Lewis]] (1836–1928), founder of the British [[John Lewis & Partners|John Lewis]] group, was born in Town Street, Shepton Mallet, on 24 February 1836.<ref>{{ODNBweb |id=49323 |title=Lewis, John |last=Tweedale |first=Geoffrey}}</ref>
*[[Francis Showering]] (1912–1995), drinks manufacturer and inventor of [[Babycham]], was born in the town.
*[[Frank Tuohy]] (1925–1999), novelist and short-story writer, lived in Shepton Mallet after retirement and died there on 11 April 1999.<ref>{{ODNBweb |id=72223 |title=Tuohy, John Francis |last=Maclean |first=Alan}}</ref>
*[[Waitrose|Wallace Wyndham Waite]] (1881–1971), one founder of [[Waitrose]], attended Shepton Mallet Grammar School.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mr W W Waite |url=http://www.waitrosememorystore.org.uk/page_id__52.aspx |publisher=Waitrose |access-date=11 January 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113132349/http://www.waitrosememorystore.org.uk/page_id__52.aspx |archive-date=13 January 2017}}</ref>