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Somersetshire, a maritime county of England, fronting the Bristol Channel, between Devon (N.) and Gloucester (SW.), with Wilts and Dorset on the E. and S.; diversified by the Mendips (NE.), Quantock Hills, Exmoor (SW.), and other smaller elevations; is yet in the main occupied by wide level plains largely given over to pastoral and dairy farming; watered by the Bristol Avon, the Parret, and other lesser streams; its orchards rank next to those of Devon; is prolific in Roman, Saxon, and ancient British remains; Taunton is the county town, but Bath the largest.

Population (1907) 484,000

From Nuttall Encylopædia, 1907

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34.—Stones at Stanton Drew
Antique Map of Somersetshire
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Somersetshire; England

Stanton Drew; Somersetshire; England