Somerton
Somerton is a community and also civil parish in the English region of Somerset. It gave its name to the region and was quickly, around the start of the 14th century, the county town, and around 900 was potentially the capital of Wessex. It has held a regular market given that the Middle Ages, and the major square with its market cross is today an eye-catching area for visitors. Located 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 as of 2011. Residents are usually described locally as Somertonians. The civil parish includes the hamlets of Etsome, Hurcot, Catsgore, and Catcombe. The background of Somerton dates back to the Anglo-Saxon era, when it was a crucial political and also industrial centre. After the Norman occupation of England the relevance of the town decreased, in spite of being the county town of Somerset in the late thirteenth century and also early fourteenth century. Having actually lost county town standing, Somerton after that became a market town in the Middle Ages, whose economic climate was supported by transportation systems using the River Parrett, and later on rail transport through the Great Western Railway, and also by light industries including glove making and gypsum mining. In the centre of Somerton the wide market square, with its octagonal roofed market cross, is bordered by old homes, while close by is the 13th century Church of St Michael and All Angels. Somerton also had links with Muchelney Abbey between Ages. The BBC drama The Monocled Mutineer was shot in Somerton from 1985 to 1986.
