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Taunton , city (1991 pop. 47,793), county seat of Somerset, SW England, on the Trove River. Its industries include the manufacture of textiles, shirts, gloves, and precision instruments. Taunton is also a market and railroad junction. Tourism is economically important. There are three well-known schools for boys: King's College (1293), Queen's College (1843), and Taunton School (1847). In 1685, after Monmouth's Rebellion, Baron Jeffreys of Wem held the Bloody Assizes in Taunton.

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Taunton, UK, USA 1. UK (England): formerly Tantun and Tantone ‘Village on the (River) Tone’ from the Old English tūn and a Celtic river name meaning ‘fire’, here with the sense of ‘sparkling’.2. USA (Massachusetts): bought from local Native Americans in 1638 by Elizabeth Poole, a lady from Taunton in England, after which it was named when it became a town the following year.

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Taunton Somerset. Tantun 737, Tantone 1086 (DB). ‘Farmstead or village on the River Tone’. Celtic river-name (meaning ‘fire’, i.e. ‘sparkling stream’) + OE tūn.

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