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Taunton (/ ˈ t ɔː n t ən /) is the county town of Somerset, England. It is a market town and has a minster church. Its population in 2011 was 64,621. Its thousand-year history includes a 10th-century monastic foundation, Taunton Castle, which later became a priory.
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Taunton, town, Taunton Deane borough (district), administrative and historic county of Somerset, southwestern England. It lies on the River Tone and is the administrative centre for the borough. An Anglo-Saxon king founded it about 710. Its castle was besieged during the English Civil Wars and
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Taunton is the county town of Somerset, England, with a 2011 population of 64,621. Its thousand-year history includes a 10th-century monastic foundation, Taunton Castle, which later became a priory. The Normans built a castle owned by the Bishops of Winchester.
Taunton. Taunton is the county town of Somerset, a county in the south-west of England. Taunton has several landmarks room its thousand-year history, and is famous for its cider.
Taunton Deane, borough (district), administrative and historic county of Somerset, southwestern England. It lies in the Vale of Taunton Deane, which is sheltered by the Quantock, Black Down, and Brendon hills. The town of Taunton is the administrative centre. The Anglo-Saxon king Ine founded Taunton town, building its first castle about 710.
