29 Aug
Kitchen Fitting
Wells - BA5
Enquiry from: Sally L
Start Date: Immediate
Granite worktop cut to accommodate new hob
Somerton
Somerton is a town as well as civil parish in the English area of Somerset. It provided its name to the region and also was quickly, around the begin of the 14th century, the county town, and also around 900 was possibly the resources of Wessex. It has held an once a week market given that the Middle Ages, as well as the primary square with its market cross is today an attractive location for visitors. Located on the River Cary, about 8.8 miles (14.2 km) north-west of Yeovil, Somerton has its very own town council serving a population of 4,697 as of 2011. Residents are frequently referred to locally as Somertonians. The civil parish consists of the communities of Etsome, Hurcot, Catsgore, and Catcombe. The history of Somerton go back to the Anglo-Saxon age, when it was an important political and industrial centre. After the Norman conquest of England the value of the town 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 standing, Somerton after that became a market community in the Middle Ages, whose economy was supported by transportation systems using the River Parrett, and later on rail transportation using the Great Western Railway, and also by light markets including handwear cover making and gypsum mining. In the centre of Somerton the vast 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 additionally had relate to Muchelney Abbey between Ages. The BBC drama The Monocled Mutineer was shot in Somerton from 1985 to 1986.
