Somerton
Somerton is a town as well as civil parish in the English region of Somerset. It provided its name to the region as well as was briefly, around the beginning of the 14th century, the county town, and around 900 was possibly the resources of Wessex. It has actually held an once a week market considering that the Middle Ages, as well as the primary square with its market cross is today an eye-catching location for visitors. Situated on the River Cary, around 8.8 miles (14.2 kilometres) north-west of Yeovil, Somerton has its very own town council offering a population of 4,697 since 2011. Citizens are often described in your area as Somertonians. The civil parish consists of the hamlets of Etsome, Hurcot, Catsgore, and also Catcombe. The history of Somerton dates back to the Anglo-Saxon period, when it was an important political and also commercial centre. After the Norman occupation of England the significance of the community decreased, in spite of being the county town of Somerset in the late thirteenth century as well as early fourteenth century. Having actually shed county town condition, Somerton after that came to be a market town in the Middle Ages, whose economic climate was sustained by transport systems using the River Parrett, as well as later on rail transport through the Great Western Railway, and also by light sectors consisting of glove production and plaster mining. In the centre of Somerton the wide market square, with its octagonal roofed market cross, is surrounded by old houses, 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 shot in Somerton from 1985 to 1986.
