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| === County Towns ===
| | *Many [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_places_in_Somerset places in the County of Somerset] have names from rivers, one such place is the county town of Somerset. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taunton Taunton] is the county town and it gets its name from 'Town on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Tone river Tone] or Tone Town'. A list of places can be found in Wikipedia. |
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| The Status of being the County Town of Somerset has changed many times through history.
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| *[[Ilchester, Somerset|Ilchester]] During the 11th and 12th century.
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| *[[Somerton, Somerset|Somerton]] During the late 13th century
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| *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taunton Taunton] took over the status of the county town of somerset in about 1366.
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| === Examples of Places named from geographic features ===
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| *Many places in the County of Somerset have names from rivers or roads. The rivers and road where important trade routes for importing and exporting goods.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_places_in_Somerset places in the County of Somerset]</ref><br>
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| ==== Rivers ====
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| *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taunton Taunton] is the county town and it gets its name from 'Town on the <ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Tone river Tone]</ref>river or Tone Town'. A list of places can be found in Wikipedia.
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| *[[Axbridge, Somerset|Axbridge]] the name is suggested to come from a bridge over the river Ax. This was named in about the 9th century.
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| *[[North Petherton Somerset|North Petherton]] the name comes from the area location to the north of the river Perret
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| *[[Ilminster, Somerset|Ilminster]] the name is suggested to come from old english meaning " Church on the river Isle ".
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