What is Somerton?
'''Somerton''' is a [[town]] in [[Somerset]]. In 2001 there were 4509 people living in Somerton.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=799272&c=Somerton&d=16&e=15&g=483886&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1346403979384&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 |title=Neighbourhood Statistics |access-date=2012-08-31 |archive-date=2016-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305085943/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=799272&c=Somerton&d=16&e=15&g=483886&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1346403979384&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is between the towns of [[Yeovil]] and [[Street]]. It is in the [[South Somerset]] [[District]] of Somerset. Somerton was the [[Capital (city)|capital]] of the [[Kingdom of Wessex]] from [[871]] to [[901]]. It also used to be Somerset's [[county town]], but this is now [[Taunton]]. == References == {{reflist}} {{multistub|geo|UK}} [[Category:Towns in Somerset]] [[Category:Civil parishes in Somerset]]