15 Aug
Painter | Interior
Somerton - TA11
Enquiry from: Michael V
Start Date: Immediate
Painting of Kitchen, Downstairs hallway, Stairway and upstairs landing. Painted in 1 colour. (Already have purchased the paints)
Somerton
Somerton is a community and civil parish in the English area of Somerset. It provided its name to the county and also was quickly, around the start of the 14th century, the county town, as well as around 900 was possibly the capital of Wessex. It has held an once a week market since the Middle Ages, and also the primary square with its market cross is today an attractive place for visitors. Located on the River Cary, roughly 8.8 miles (14.2 kilometres) north-west of Yeovil, Somerton has its very own town council offering a population of 4,697 as of 2011. Residents are typically referred to locally as Somertonians. The civil parish includes the hamlets of Etsome, Hurcot, Catsgore, as well as Catcombe. The background of Somerton dates back to the Anglo-Saxon age, when it was a vital political and also commercial centre. After the Norman conquest of England the significance of the community declined, despite being the county town of Somerset in the late thirteenth century and early fourteenth century. Having lost county town standing, Somerton after that ended up being a market community in the Middle Ages, whose economy was supported by transportation systems making use of the River Parrett, as well as later on rail transportation via the Great Western Railway, and by light sectors consisting of glove production and plaster mining. In the centre of Somerton the broad market square, with its octagonal roofed market cross, is surrounded by old homes, while close by is the 13th century Church of St Michael and All Angels. Somerton additionally had relate to Muchelney Abbey between Ages. The BBC drama The Monocled Mutineer was filmed in Somerton from 1985 to 1986.
