Somerton
Somerton is a town and also civil parish in the English region of Somerset. It provided its name to the county and was quickly, around the begin of the 14th century, the county town, as well as around 900 was possibly the capital of Wessex. It has actually held an once a week market because the Middle Ages, and also the major square with its market cross is today an appealing place for visitors. Positioned on the River Cary, about 8.8 miles (14.2 km) north-west of Yeovil, Somerton has its very own town council serving a population of 4,697 as of 2011. Locals are commonly described locally as Somertonians. The civil parish consists of the districts of Etsome, Hurcot, Catsgore, as well as Catcombe. The background of Somerton dates back to the Anglo-Saxon era, when it was a crucial political as well as business centre. After the Norman occupation of England the value of the community declined, despite being the county town of Somerset in the late thirteenth century and also very early fourteenth century. Having actually lost county town status, Somerton after that became a market town in the Middle Ages, whose economic situation was supported by transport systems using the River Parrett, as well as later rail transportation via the Great Western Railway, as well as by light industries including glove making and also plaster mining. In the centre of Somerton the broad market square, with its octagonal roofed market cross, is bordered by old residences, while nearby is the 13th century Church of St Michael and All Angels. Somerton likewise had relate to Muchelney Abbey in the Middle Ages. The BBC drama The Monocled Mutineer was filmed in Somerton from 1985 to 1986.
