Somerton
Somerton is a town and civil parish in the English county of Somerset. It provided its name to the county and also was quickly, around the beginning of the 14th century, the county town, and also around 900 was perhaps the funding of Wessex. It has actually held an once a week market since the Middle Ages, and the primary square with its market cross is today an appealing location for site visitors. Situated on the River Cary, around 8.8 miles (14.2 kilometres) north-west of Yeovil, Somerton has its own town council serving a population of 4,697 since 2011. Homeowners are typically referred to locally as Somertonians. The civil parish consists of the districts of Etsome, Hurcot, Catsgore, as well as Catcombe. The history of Somerton dates back to the Anglo-Saxon age, when it was an essential political as well as industrial centre. After the Norman occupation of England the relevance of the town declined, regardless of being the county town of Somerset in the late thirteenth century and very early fourteenth century. Having lost county town status, Somerton then became a market town in the Middle Ages, whose economy was sustained by transport systems making use of the River Parrett, as well as later on rail transport via the Great Western Railway, and also by light markets including glove production and also plaster mining. In the centre of Somerton the large 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 also had relate to Muchelney Abbey in the Middle Ages. The BBC drama The Monocled Mutineer was filmed in Somerton from 1985 to 1986.
