Somerset (/ˈsʌməsɪt,-ˌsɛt/ (listen); archaically, Somersetshire)
is a county in South West England which borders Gloucestershire and
Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east
and Devon to the south-west. It is bounded to the north and west by
the Severn Estuary and the Bristol Channel, its coastline facing
southeastern Wales. Its traditional border with Gloucestershire is the
River Avon. Somerset's county town is Taunton.Somerset is a rural
county of rolling hills, the Blackdown Hills, Mendip Hills, Quantock
Hills and Exmoor National Park, and large flat expanses of land
including the Somerset Levels. There is evidence of human occupation
from Paleolithic times, and of subsequent settlement by the Celts,
Romans and Anglo-Saxons. The county played a significant part in
Alfred the Great's rise to power, and later the English Civil War and
the Monmouth Rebellion. The city of Bath is famous for its Georgian
architecture and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.Somerset's name
derives from Old English Sumorsǣte, short for Sumortūnsǣte, meaning
"the people living at or dependent on Sumortūn (Somerton)". The first
known use of Somersæte is in the law code of King Ine who was the
Saxon King of Wessex from 688 to 726, making Somerset along with
Hampshire, Wiltshire and Dorset one of the oldest extant units of
local government in the world. An alternative suggestion is the name
derives from Seo-mere-saetan meaning "settlers by the sea lakes". Somerset Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter