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    Taunton Castle is a castle built to defend the town of Taunton, Somerset, England. It has origins in the Anglo Saxon period and was later the site of a...
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    foundation, owned by the Bishops of Winchester, which was rebuilt as Taunton Castle by the Normans in the 12th century. Parts of the inner ward house were...
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    The Castle Hotel at Taunton is a hotel with two restaurants, Castle Bow Restaurant and BRAZZ, located in the centre of Taunton, Somerset, England. The...
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    garrisons. After initial assaults drove Blake and his troops back into Taunton Castle, the blockade was conducted from 1–2 miles (1.6–3.2 km) away, and concentrated...
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    September 1685, Exeter Guildhall on 14 September 1685 and the Great Hall of Taunton Castle on 17 September 1685, before finishing up at Wells Market and Assize...
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    Taunton Castle was launched on the River Thames in 1790 as an East Indiaman. She made nine voyages for the British East India Company (EIC) before she...
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  • I listed buildings in Taunton Deane. The oldest buildings are churches built before the end of the 12th century, and the Castle Bow, which has been incorporated...
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    Taunton railway station is a junction station on the route from London to Penzance, 163 miles 12 chains (263 km) west of London Paddington station, measured...
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    The Castle School is a co-educational secondary school in Taunton, Somerset, England. It has 1200 pupils aged 11 to 16 and had specialist Sports College...
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    the Chancellor of King Henry I, converted the bishop's hall in Taunton into Taunton Castle. It passed to the king in 1233 and in 1245 repairs were ordered...
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    Taunton Deane was a local government district with borough status in Somerset, England. It merged with West Somerset to form Somerset West and Taunton...
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    January 1797, five Indiamen, Woodford, under Captain Charles Lennox, Taunton-Castle, Captain Edward Studd, Canton, Captain Abel Vyvyan, Boddam, Captain...
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    Castle Cary railway station is on the Reading to Taunton line 115.25 miles (185.48 km) south west of London Paddington and the Bristol to Weymouth line...
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    2012-10-04 at the Wayback Machine PSC. "Taunton Castle" Archived 2012-10-06 at the Wayback Machine PSC. "Walton Castle" Archived 2012-10-02 at the Wayback...
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    Taunton, it also created a shorter GWR route from London to Weymouth. The last stage to be built was the Langport and Castle Cary Railway from Castle...
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  • having bewitched an acquaintance, Dorothy Reeves. The trial was held at Taunton Castle. Stevens was acquitted and released after judge and jury failed to believe...
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  • Below is a list of all 171 GWR Castle Class engines, built between August 1923 and August 1950. Five of these were converted to burn oil for a short period...
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    supporters throughout the south-west and try them in the Bloody Assizes at Taunton Castle and elsewhere. About 1,300 people were found guilty, many being transported...
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    priories and farmhouses predominate. Taunton Deane includes the defensive Taunton Castle, similarly Dunster Castle and related buildings in Dunster feature...
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  • Richmont Stogursey Stowey Taunton Wimble Toot This is a list of castles in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. The first castles - private fortified...
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    years when it was displayed for a month in the Museum of Somerset, Taunton Castle. In 2018–2019, it was displayed in the British Library, London as part...
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    English Civil War, when the castle was repaired, the county assizes had been held in Taunton Castle. Indeed, it was at Taunton Castle that, in the aftermath...
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    Museum of Somerset (category Buildings and structures in Taunton)
    Museum of Somerset is located in the 12th-century great hall of Taunton Castle, in Taunton in the county of Somerset, England. The museum is run by South...
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    October 2023. p. 12. Bendall, Simon; Coward, Andy (April 2023). "Another GWR Castle power car stood down". Railways Illustrated. No. 242. Horncastle: Mortons...
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  • England Castle Hotel, Manchester, England Castle Hotel, Ruthin, Wales Castle Hotel, Taunton, England Castle Hotel, York, Western Australia Castle Hotel...
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    to London Paddington: Keynsham Oldfield Park Bath Spa Taunton to London Paddington: Taunton Castle Cary Bruton Frome Exeter to London Waterloo: Crewkerne...
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  • The Langport and Castle Cary Railway is a railway line from Castle Cary railway station to Cogload Junction near Taunton, Somerset, England, which reduced...
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    contract. The station opened in 1953 at a site on Tower Street near Taunton Castle. This enabled services to terminate on a dedicated site with passenger...
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    The Taunton River, historically also called the Taunton Great River, is a river in southeastern Massachusetts in the United States. It arises from the...
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  • storm damaged Taunton Castle, forcing her to stop at Ambonya on 16 September 1797. There she took on board survivors from Ocean. Taunton Castle reached Yarmouth...
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