Taunton

Source: Nick Chipchase

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Taunton () er hovedbyen i Somerset, England, med en befolkning på 69.570 i 2011. Dens tusindårige historie inkluderer et klostergrundlagt i det 10. århundrede, Taunton Castle, som senere blev et priorat. Normannerne byggede et slot ejet af biskopperne af Winchester. De dele af den indre gård blev omdannet til Museum of Somerset og Somerset Military Museum. I det Andet Cornish opgør i 1497 bragte Perkin Warbeck en hær på 6.000; de fleste overgav sig til Henry VII den 4. oktober 1497. Den 20. juni 1685 kronede hertugen af Monmouth sig selv til konge af England her i et oprør, der blev besejret i slaget ved Sedgemoor. Dommer Jeffreys ledede de blodige retter i Slottets Store Sal. Den Store Vestkanal nåede Taunton i 1839, og Bristol- og Exeter-jernbanen i 1842. I dag huser det Musgrove Park Hospital, Somerset County Cricket Club, er basen for 40 Commando, Royal Marines, og er hjemsted for Det Forenede Kongeriges Hydrographic Office på Admiralty Way. Den populære Taunton blomsterudstilling er blevet afholdt i Vivary Park siden 1866, og den 13. marts 2022 blev St. Mary Magdalene sogn kirke hævet til status som Taunton Minster.

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Address: Taunton, Taunton Deane, United Kingdom

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Source: Nick Chipchase

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