Somerton
Somerton is a town and civil parish in the English county of Somerset. It gave its name to the county and was briefly, around the start of the 14th century, the county town, and around 900 was possibly the capital of Wessex.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 5,480 residents
- Description: town in Somerset, England
- Also known as: “Somerton, Somerset”
- Neighbors: Bridgwater
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Unicorn and Church of St Michael and All Angels, Somerton.
Church of St Michael and All Angels, Somerton
Church
Photo: Celiakozlowski, CC BY 3.0.
The Church of St Michael and All Angels in Somerton, Somerset, England dates from the 13th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Long Sutton and Low Ham.
Long Sutton
Village
Photo: Rodney Burton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Long Sutton is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 4 miles south of Somerton. The village has a population of 833. The village of Long Sutton has a village green with a lime tree at each corner and a chestnut tree in the centre. Long Sutton is situated 2½ miles southwest of Somerton.
Low Ham
Hamlet
Photo: nick macneill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Low Ham is a village in the civil parish of High Ham in the English county of Somerset. At the time of the Domesday Book Low Ham was part of the estate of Serlo de Burcy, and was later known as Ham Burcy and Nether Ham. Low Ham is situated 3½ miles west of Somerton.
Huish Episcopi
Village
Photo: Liz Martin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Huish Episcopi is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated on the outskirts of Langport, 4 miles south west of Somerton. The parish has a population of 2,644, and includes the hamlets of Bowdens, Combe, Pibsbury and Wearne. Huish Episcopi is situated 3½ miles west of Somerton.
Somerton
- Categories: civil parish, market town, and locality
- Location: Somerton, South Somerset, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.05371° or 51° 3′ 13″ northLongitude
-2.73155° or 2° 43′ 54″ westPopulation
5,480Elevation
135 feet (41 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB SMROpen location code
9C3V3739+F9OpenStreetMap ID
node 29673852OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Somerton” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Somerton”
- Basque: “Somerton (Somerset)”
- Basque: “Somerton”
- Bavarian: “Somerton”
- Bengali: “সোমার্টন,”
- Catalan: “Somerton”
- Cebuano: “Somerton (parokya sa Hiniusang Gingharian, Inglatera, Somerset)”
- Cebuano: “Somerton”
- Chinese: “Somerton”
- Chinese: “索莫頓”
- Chinese: “索馬爾頓”
- Chinese: “索默尔顿”
- Danish: “Somerton”
- Dutch: “Somerton”
- French: “Somerton”
- German: “Somerton”
- Gujarati: “સોમરટન”
- Irish: “Somerton”
- Italian: “Somerton”
- Japanese: “サマートン”
- Japanese: “ソマートン”
- Kannada: “ಸೊಮೆರ್ಟನ್”
- Korean: “서머턴”
- Ladin: “Somerton (Somerset)”
- Ladin: “Somerton”
- Latin: “Somerton”
- Lithuanian: “Somertonas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Somerton (Somerset)”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Somerton”
- Persian: “سامرتون”
- Polish: “Somerton”
- Portuguese: “Somerton”
- Romanian: “Somerton”
- Russian: “Сомертон”
- South Azerbaijani: “سامرتون”
- Spanish: “Somerton”
- Swedish: “Somerton (parish i Storbritannien, England, Somerset)”
- Swedish: “Somerton, Somerset”
- Swedish: “Somerton”
- Tamil: “சோமோர்ட்டோன்”
- Telugu: “సోమెర్స్టన్”
- Turkish: “Somerton, Somerset”
- Urdu: “سومیرٹن”
- Volapük: “Somerton”
- Welsh: “Somerton, Gwlad yr Haf”
- Welsh: “Somerton”
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Notable Places Nearby
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Somerton”. Photo: Liz Martin, CC BY-SA 2.0.