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Toponymy. Somerset's name derives from Old English Sumorsǣte, short for Sumortūnsǣte, meaning "the people living at or dependent on Sumortūn (Somerton)". [6] The first known use of Somersæte is in the law code of King Ine who was the Saxon King of Wessex from 688 to 726 CE, making Somerset along with Hampshire, Wiltshire and Dorset one of ...
Somerset: BA BA5 WELLS: Somerset BA BA6 Glastonbury: Somerset BA BA7 Castle Cary: Somerset BA BA8 Templecombe: Somerset BA BA9 shared: Wincanton: Somerset BA BA9, non-geo shared [2] BA10 Bruton: Somerset BA BA11 Frome: Somerset BA BA12 Warminster: Wiltshire: BA BA13 WESTBURY: Wiltshire BA BA14 Trowbridge: Wiltshire BA BA15 BRADFORD-ON-AVON ...
This is a list of towns and villages in the ceremonial county of Cornwall, United Kingdom. The ceremonial county includes the unitary authorities of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. In accordance with gazetteers, Cornish names are in the standard written form approved by the Maga signage panel. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Postcode area Postcode namesake Post towns AB: Aberdeen: Aberdeen, Aberlour, Aboyne, Alford (Aberdeenshire), [Note 1] Ballater, Ballindalloch, Banchory, Banff, Buckie ...
Bath, Somerset. Bath (RP: / bɑːθ /; [2] local pronunciation: [ba (ː)θ] [3]) is a city in the ceremonial county of Somerset in England, known for and named after its Roman-built baths. [4] At the 2021 Census, the population was 94,092. [1] Bath is in the valley of the River Avon, 97 miles (156 km) west of London and 11 miles (18 km ...
The constitutional status of Cornwall has been a matter of debate and dispute. Cornwall is an administrative county of England. [1] In ethnic and cultural terms, until around 1700, Cornwall and its inhabitants were regarded as a separate people by their English neighbours. [2] One aspect of the distinct identity of Cornwall is the Cornish ...
Wells (/ wɛlz /) [2] is a cathedral city and civil parish in Somerset, located on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills, 21 miles (34 km) south-east of Weston-super-Mare, 22 mi (35 km) south-west of Bath and 23 mi (37 km) south of Bristol. Although the population recorded in the 2011 census was only 10,536, [3] (increased to 12,000 by 2018 ...
A civil parish is a country subdivision, forming the lowest unit of local government in England. There are 218 civil parishes in the ceremonial county of Cornwall, which includes the Isles of Scilly. The county is effectively parished in its entirety; only the unpopulated Wolf Rock is unparished. At the 2001 census, there were 501,267 people ...