Somerton
Somerton is a town and civil parish in the English area of Somerset. It offered its name to the area as well as was quickly, around the begin of the 14th century, the county town, and also around 900 was potentially the capital of Wessex. It has held an once a week market given that the Middle Ages, and also the major square with its market cross is today an appealing location for visitors. Positioned on the River Cary, about 8.8 miles (14.2 kilometres) north-west of Yeovil, Somerton has its very own town council serving a population of 4,697 since 2011. Citizens are frequently referred to locally as Somertonians. The civil parish includes the communities of Etsome, Hurcot, Catsgore, and Catcombe. The background of Somerton go back to the Anglo-Saxon era, when it was a vital political and also business centre. After the Norman occupation of England the value of the community decreased, in spite of being the county town of Somerset in the late thirteenth century and very early fourteenth century. Having actually shed county town standing, Somerton then ended up being a market town in the Middle Ages, whose economy was supported by transport systems using the River Parrett, and also later rail transportation by means of the Great Western Railway, and also by light industries including glove production and gypsum mining. In the centre of Somerton the vast market square, with its octagonal roofed market cross, is bordered by old residences, while close by is the 13th century Church of St Michael and All Angels. Somerton additionally had links with Muchelney Abbey between Ages. The BBC drama The Monocled Mutineer was filmed in Somerton from 1985 to 1986.
