Wincanton (Somerset)
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 3 ′ N , 2 ° 25 ′ W | ||
| OS National Grid | ST712286 | ||
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| Residents | 5272 (2011) | ||
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| Post town | WINCANTON | ||
| ZIP code section | BA9 | ||
| prefix | 01963 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| region | South West England | ||
| Shire county | Somerset | ||
| District | South Somerset | ||
| British Parliament | Somerton and Frome | ||
Wincanton is a small town in the South Somerset district of Somerset in Great Britain. It has 5272 (2011) inhabitants and is located on the A303 , the main link between London and the south-west.
history
In the Domesday Book , the city is called Wincaleton listed in the will of Richard Bekyn 1540 as Wyncaunton and in the files of "Feoffees of the Fair and Market" 1693 Winecaunton . It was not until 1724 that the current spelling prevailed. In the Middle Ages, the city had a market, but did not acquire market rights until 1556. In 1707 the city burned down. During the Napoleonic Wars , the city had a POW camp.
Town twinning
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Gennes-Val de Loire / Les Rosiers-sur-Loire (both communes of Gennes-Val-de-Loire ), France -
Lahnau , Hesse - since 2002 with Ankh-Morpork on the Discworld .
In April 2009 Terry Pratchett inaugurated several streets in the new Ringwell district that have street names from Ankh-Morpork, such as Peach Pie Street and Treacle Mine Road .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistics for Wards, LSOAs and Parishes - SUMMARY Profiles (XLS) Somerset Intelligence. Retrieved January 4, 2014.
- ↑ About Wincanton . Wincanton Town Council. Retrieved October 16, 2008.
- ↑ Miranda Richardson: Wincanton . In: Somerset Urban Archaeological Survey . Somerset County Council. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved October 16, 2008.
- ↑ Guardian 06/04/2009, p. 10
- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2549557.stm