Taunton

[tawn-tn, tahn-]

noun

1. a city in SE Massachusetts.

2. former name of Taunton Deane.

Taunton

/ ˈtɔːntən /

noun

1. a market town in SW England, administrative centre of Somerset: scene of Judge Jeffreys' "Bloody Assize" (1685) after the Battle of Sedgemoor. Pop: 58 241 (2001)

Example Sentences

It was among historic material belonging to Sir Edward du Cann, who became MP for Taunton in 1956 and went on to be chairman of the Conservative Party.

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More than 50 parents and children gathered outside County Hall in Taunton, Somerset, angry about the authority's Send service which they said was failing their children,and leaving parents "exhausted".

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University of Nottingham students Ms O'Malley-Kumar, from east London, and Mr Webber, from Taunton, Somerset, were walking home to their student accommodation after an end-of-term night out when they were fatally stabbed in Ilkeston Road just after 04:00 BST on 13 June.

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Tamzin Hall, 17, from Wellington in Somerset, sustained fatal injuries when she was struck by a car on the M5, between Taunton and Bridgwater shortly after 23:00 GMT on 11 November.

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Tamzin's support workers called police, who were going to transport her to custody in Bridgwater from her care home in Taunton at about 22:40 GMT.

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