Pièces Taunton

Taunton, the county town of Somerset in England, with 69,570 residents as of 2011. Taunton Castle, a monastic foundation that eventually evolved into a priory, was a part of its 1,000-year history. The Bishops of Winchester had a castle that the Normans constructed. The Museum of Somerset and Somerset Military Museum are housed in portions of the inner ward building. Perkin Warbeck brought a 6,000-man army to the Second Cornish revolt in 1497; the majority of them submitted to Henry VII on October 4th. In a revolt put down at the Battle of Sedgemoor on June 20, 1685, the Duke of Monmouth declared himself King of England here. the Great Hall of the Castle, Judge Jeffreys presided over the Bloody Assizes. Taunton was connected to the Grand Western Canal in 1839, and the Bristol and Exeter Railway in 1842. Musgrove Park Hospital, Somerset County Cricket Club, 40 Commando, Royal Marines, and the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office are now located there, along with Admiralty Way. Since 1866, Vivary Park has been the site of the well-known Taunton flower show. On March 13, 2022, St. Mary Magdalene parish church was given the title of Taunton Minster.

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