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Somerton
Somerton is a community as well as civil parish in the English county of Somerset. It gave its name to the county and was quickly, around the begin of the 14th century, the county town, and around 900 was potentially the capital of Wessex. It has actually held a weekly market given that the Middle Ages, as well as the primary square with its market cross is today an eye-catching area for visitors. Situated on the River Cary, about 8.8 miles (14.2 kilometres) north-west of Yeovil, Somerton has its very own community council serving a population of 4,697 as of 2011. Homeowners are often referred to locally as Somertonians. The civil parish includes the hamlets of Etsome, Hurcot, Catsgore, and Catcombe. The history of Somerton dates back to the Anglo-Saxon period, when it was a crucial political and also commercial centre. After the Norman conquest of England the significance of the town decreased, regardless of being the county town of Somerset in the late thirteenth century and very early fourteenth century. Having lost county town condition, Somerton then came to be a market community in the Middle Ages, whose economic climate was supported by transport systems making use of the River Parrett, and also later on rail transportation by means of the Great Western Railway, and also by light markets including handwear cover production and also plaster mining. In the centre of Somerton the wide market square, with its octagonal roofed market cross, is surrounded by old residences, while close by is the 13th century Church of St Michael and All Angels. Somerton likewise had links with Muchelney Abbey between Ages. The BBC drama The Monocled Mutineer was recorded in Somerton from 1985 to 1986.
