Somerton
Somerton is a community and civil parish in the English area of Somerset. It provided its name to the county and was briefly, around the start of the 14th century, the county town, as well as around 900 was perhaps the resources of Wessex. It has actually held an once a week market given that the Middle Ages, and the main square with its market cross is today an eye-catching area for site visitors. Located on the River Cary, roughly 8.8 miles (14.2 kilometres) north-west of Yeovil, Somerton has its own town council serving a population of 4,697 since 2011. Locals are often described locally as Somertonians. The civil parish consists of the districts of Etsome, Hurcot, Catsgore, as well as Catcombe. The history of Somerton go back to the Anglo-Saxon age, when it was an essential political as well as business centre. After the Norman conquest of England the importance of the community declined, despite being the county town of Somerset in the late thirteenth century and also very early fourteenth century. Having lost county town condition, Somerton then ended up being a market community in the Middle Ages, whose economic situation was supported by transport systems making use of the River Parrett, as well as later rail transport through the Great Western Railway, as well as by light sectors including glove production as well as gypsum mining. In the centre of Somerton the vast market square, with its octagonal roofed market cross, is surrounded by old houses, while nearby 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 recorded in Somerton from 1985 to 1986.
