What is Taunton?
{{infobox UK place |static_image=Tauntonchurch.jpg |static_image_caption=The tower of St. James Church rises over the [[County Ground, Taunton|County Ground]] | country = England | latitude = 51.019 | longitude = -3.100 | official_name = Taunton | population = 61,400 | population_ref =<ref name=pop>{{cite web |url=http://www.somerset.gov.uk/somerset/statistics/contents/population/mid%20year%20population%20estimates%20for%20towns.pdf |title=Mid Year Population Estimates for Towns |accessdate=17 February 2009 |publisher=Somerset County Council |date= |archive-date=26 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326190145/http://www.somerset.gov.uk/somerset/statistics/contents/population/mid%20year%20population%20estimates%20for%20towns.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> | shire_district = [[Taunton Deane]] | shire_county = [[Somerset]] | region = South West England | constituency_westminster= [[Taunton Deane (UK Parliament constituency)|Taunton Deane]] | post_town = TAUNTON | postcode_district = TA1, TA2, TA3, TA4 | postcode_area = TA | dial_code = 01823 | os_grid_reference = ST228250 | website = [http://www.tauntondeane.gov.uk www.tauntondeane.gov.uk] }} '''Taunton''' is a town in the [[county]] of [[Somerset]]. It is in the [[Taunton Deane]] [[District]]. Taunton is the [[county town]] of Somerset. Taunton is on the [[River Tone]] and takes its name from the [[river]]. ''Tone town'' became Taunton. In [[1685]], [[Judge Jefferies]] was based in Taunton during the [[Bloody Assizes]] that followed the [[Battle of Sedgemoor]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Commonscat|Taunton, Somerset}} {{multistub|geo|UK}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Towns in Somerset]]