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Somerton and owned
The channel passes between the parts of Martham Broad, which is a nature reserve owned by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust, to reach West Somerton staithes.

Somerton and by
The chapter was established by ASU graduates who have returned to work and live in the Yuma / Somerton / San Luis area.
West Somerton Mill was built in 1900 by Dan England, from the millwrights England's of Ludham, and is in better condition.
Like West Somerton, Martham Mill was also built by Dan England, but consists of four storeys and was completed in 1908.
Dorset and Somerset derive their names from the saete or inhabitants of the areas around the towns of Dorchester and Somerton respectively ; the names were first used by the Saxons in the 9th century.
After two seasons back home in Newport at Somerton Park, football politics consigned them to a further two seasons of exile at Gloucester and the club was forced to resort to legal action to protect themselves from being forced out of the English football league system by the Football Association of Wales.
He unsuccessfully contested Somerton and Frome at the 1992 General Election where he was defeated by the new Conservative MP Mark Robinson by 4, 341 votes.
He was elected to the House of Commons at the 1997 General Election when he ousted Robinson at Somerton and Frome by just 130 votes and has remained the MP there since.
Despite losing county town status, Somerton then became a market town in the Middle Ages, whose economy was supported by transport systems using the River Parrett, and later rail transport via the Great Western Railway, and by light industries including glove making and gypsum mining.
In the centre of Somerton the wide market square, with its octagonal roofed market cross, is surrounded by old houses, while close by is the 13th century Church of St Michael and All Angels.
Somerton was reputedly the capital of the Kingdom of Wessex from 871 to 901 AD, and though this is not supported by modern research, it was the site of the 949 meeting of the witan, a form of Anglo-Saxon parliament.
Somerton was hit by four Luftwaffe bombs on the morning of 29 September 1942 during the Second World War.
In February 2012 the External Auditor appointed by the Audit Commission published a critical Report in the Public Interest regarding the activities of Somerton Town Council in the fiscal year 2008 to 2009.
* The Somerset Urban Archaeological Survey: Somerton, by Miranda Richardson
Although positioned only twenty minutes from the CBD and ten minutes from Melbourne Airport, Greenvale has been up until recently known as a semi rural area, characterised by larger farm holdings to the north of the town centre ( past Somerton Road ).
Bordered on the east by Pascoe Vale Road, parkland on the west, Barry Road on the south and Somerton Road to the north, Meadow Heights is served by three bus routes.
Roxburgh Park is bounded by Craigieburn in the north, in the west by the road skirting the Greenvale Reservoir, in the east by the Craigieburn railway line, and in the south by Somerton Road.

Somerton and local
A local legend has it that Ine, a Wessex king, was originally a farmer in Somerton.
A local legend has it that Ine of Wessex ( 688 – 728 ), who ruled Wessex for 37 years, was originally a farmer in Somerton.
Before the National Insurance and the Health Service was introduced, Somerton Men's Club acted as a local Provident Society within the area.
" Troy ", a beautiful maze in a private garden at Troy Farm, Somerton, Oxfordshire is rather larger, and " Troy Town " maze on St Agnes, the Isles of Scilly, is a small maze of turf and small stones and is reputed to have been laid down in 1729 by the son of a local lighthouse keeper.

Somerton and Thomas
** Thomas Still ( d. 1631 ) of Somerton, Som.

Somerton and was
While negotiating a peace accord, he was at first held in the Savoy Palace, then at a variety of locations, including Windsor, Hertford, Somerton Castle in Lincolnshire, Berkhamsted Castle in Hertfordshire and briefly at King John's Lodge, formerly known as Shortridges, in East Sussex.
Somerton was established in 1898 and incorporated in 1918.
Jimmy Cliff was born in Somerton District, St. James, Jamaica.
Until 1983 Somerset was split into four constituencies and Yeovil constituency also contained the towns of Ilchester, Martock and Somerton but they were moved into the newly created constituency of Somerton and Frome.
Further changes took place for the 1983 general election when the current Somerton and Frome constituency was created.
He was elected to the House of Commons at the 1983 general election for the Somerset seat of Wells, whose sitting MP Robert Boscawen had decided to move to Somerton and Frome following boundary changes.
In 2010, he was re-elected as MP for Somerton and Frome.
The history of Somerton dates back to the Anglo-Saxon era, when it was an important political and commercial centre.
The BBC drama The Monocled Mutineer was filmed in Somerton from 1985 to 1986.
The Somerton name was extended to the people in the area it controlled, and this area became known as Somerset, although Somerton soon ceased to be the most important settlement and never grew into a large town.
The parish was the largest in the Hundred of Somerton.

Somerton and first
Somerton Post Office first opened on 1 January 1854 and closed in 1864.

Somerton and under
It then flows northwest through Charlton Mackrell to the north of Somerton, passing under the Somerton Viaduct.

Somerton and .
In 733 Æthelbald undertook an expedition against Wessex and captured the royal manor of Somerton.
Somerton is a city in Yuma County, Arizona, United States.
Somerton is located at ( 32. 597258 ,-114. 712242 ).
Somerton has an annual Tamale Festival that benefits students from the area who will be attending Arizona State University.
Just six miles ( 10 km ) long it rises two miles ( 3 km ) from the coast near Martham Broad and is navigable from West Somerton.
He also built a leper hospital at Somerton, in Norfolk.
Somerton took over from Ilchester as the county town in the late thirteenth century, but it declined in importance and the status of county town transferred to Taunton about 1366.
Newport County, originally nicknamed " The Ironsides " due to Newport being home to John Lysaght's steel works, started out in the Southern League in 1912 at Somerton Park.
However, despite dominating the home leg, Newport lost 1 – 0 in front of 18, 000 fans at Somerton Park.
County had actually gone top of the table in early April after a win over Cardiff in front of 16, 052 fans at Somerton Park, but a return of only four points from the last seven games meant County missed out on promotion.
* November 2008 – Devastating damage occurred in the Tamworth, Somerton, Gunnedah and Weabonga areas after flash flooding.
Major present-day employers include BAE Systems Integrated System Technologies ( Insyte ), which occupies the site of the old Somerton Aerodrome at Newport Road, Cowes ; and GKN Aerospace in East Cowes.

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