ENGLISH COUNTY

Official Website:
http://www.somerset.gov.uk/

Population:
498,093 (2001 census)

CITIES

City	Type	Population
Bath, Somerset, England	--	80,000
Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England	town	71,758
Taunton, Somerset, England	--	44,050
Yeovil, Somerset, England	town	41,871
Bridgwater, Somerset, England	town	36,563
Frome, Somerset, England	town	24,510
Clevedon, Somerset, England	town	21,957
Norton Radstock, Somerset, England	town	21,325
Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, England	town	18,401
Portishead, Somerset, England	town	17,130
Nailsea, Somerset, England	town	16,546
Keynsham, Somerset, England	town	15,533
Wellington, Somerset, England	town	13,500
Chard, Somerset, England	town	12,008
Minehead, Somerset, England	town	11,699
Wells, Somerset, England	city	10,406
Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England	town	8,981
Glastonbury, Somerset, England	town	8785
Wrington, Somerset, England	village	2,896

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John Hooper	Religion	c. 1495	9-Feb-1555	Zwinglian bishop of Gloucester
Charles Mesure	Actor	12-Aug-1970		Kees Van Dam on Street Legal

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ernest Clark	Actor	12-Feb-1912	11-Nov-1994	Sir Geoffrey Loftus
Sir Isaac Pitman	Inventor	4-Jan-1813	12-Jan-1897	Stenographic Soundhand
Joe Strummer	Musician	21-Aug-1952	22-Dec-2002	Lead singer of The Clash
William Trevor	Novelist	24-May-1928	20-Nov-2016	The Old Boys

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