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Taunton

Taunton

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2008 | Copyright

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

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

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

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Taunton , industrial city (1990 pop. 49,832), a seat of Bristol co., SE Mass., on the Taunton River; settled 1638, inc. as a city 1864. It has been a center of the silverware industry since 1824. Other manufactures include rubber, textiles, clothing, leather, gold and silver products, and plastics. The city was an ironworking center from 1656 to 1876. Nearby are three state parks.

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A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

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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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

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