Place details
Place nameTaunton
Other namesTaunton Deane
CountryUnited Kingdom
Latitude51.017
Longitude-3.1
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Located in Vale of Taunton; town grew around 8th-cen. Saxon castle & remained as seat of Bishops of Wincester for more than 1000 years; second castle built in 12th cen. seized by Royalists during 17th-cen. English Civil War.