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Sentence Examples During his stint with Somerset, he was repeatedly beaten by fast bouncers from an enthusiastic bowler. I grew up in Somerset, on a seven acre smallholding where my parents and sister still live. The main space, that once contained giant water tanks, now holds furniture the couple bought from a charity shop back home in Somerset. Both the tiny cottage in remote Wales and the old ranch house in Somerset were daunting projects, requiring extensive and complete make-over. Why had he been sent to Somerset, whence he had escaped and taken refuge in the station? I would suggest this development is totally out of keeping with the other houses along this part of Somerset Road. The couple have two sons, one of whom lives with them while the other is in Somerset. I wrote saying that peacocks were a very good thing, and that wild ones were spreading across Somerset. Two reclaimed strip coal mines in Somerset County are now dotted with windmills that produce pollution-free power. He joined the civil service and became record keeper in the principal probate registry, Somerset House. Police called off an intensive search after a woman missing from Warminster was found alive and well in Somerset. If he comes through this game all right he will be included in Sunday's opening Norwich Union League match against Somerset at Taunton. His other enthusiasms as a reader include John Steinbeck, James Baldwin and Somerset Maugham. There are a number of leats existing in Somerset and a typical example can be seen at the Mill at Warren Farm, Exmoor. Graham finished up in Somerset this morning and set off on the next leg of his long journey, to visit his father who has been seriously ill. By an indenture of the same date executed by them, the Somerset Estate was appointed and transferred to the 4th Duke. Kent were all out for 339 and Somerset had rescued a victory from almost certain defeat. A Franciscan friar, much of Bacon's life is obscure, but he was born in Somerset and probably studied at Oxford before teaching in Paris. Bath in Somerset, contains one of the best examples of a Roman bath complex in Europe. It's a cathedral city, and has been an important Somerset trading centre since Roman times. Show More Sentences Under the pressure that comes with a major final Boswell's chest-on, round-arm action disintegrated and Somerset cruised to victory. At one end there'll be a replica of Glastonbury Tor, the ancient site in Somerset which is linked to Arthurian legend. Lord Somerset is one of the most important and influential statesmen to have lived in the nineteenth century. This fine novel of loss, love and deracination is set in the wetlands of the Somerset Levels in 1946 during one of the worst winters for decades. I ditched the first saddlebag at the White Horse in Exford, Somerset, the second at Raleghs Cross Inn in the Brendon hills. Aided by some resourceful batting from the tail, Durham's last five wickets added 181 runs, and by the close Somerset had lost four big wickets. You can still see pollarded crack willows if you travel through the Somerset levels just north-east of Taunton. Leicestershire have named an unchanged 12-man squad for the Championship match against Somerset. You could also happily do some shivering in Somerset with a timely visit to the famous Cheddar Caves. A classic off drive from Elliott brought up the hundred, and Somerset were in desperate need of a wicket. Yesterday's protest was policed by officers from Gloucestershire, Avon and Somerset and Wiltshire as well as MoD police. A deranged cat poisoner is suspected of spreading terror among pet lovers in Bridgwater, Somerset, in the west of England. The green hills of Somerset, as well as other parts of northern Europe, enjoy rainfall all year round. In Somerset and Herefordshire mistletoe grows on the apple trees from which cedar is produced. Last time I did this was in Somerset, painting standard miniatures for framing. However, the son of a Somerset coalman wasn't content with staying put in Devon. London has its Tooting, Somerset has a long barrow called the Fairy Toot and in Herefordshire there is a Norman castle called Toothill. It was an emotional moment in a moving funeral service conducted by the prebendary at Wells Cathedral, Somerset. They could be at the zoo, or ice-skating at Somerset House, or pleasurably slumped with leftover chocolates in their cosy sitting-rooms. Contemporary collectors included the earls of Arundel and Somerset and the Duke of Buckingham. Show More Sentences It'll be a soggy old world in Somerset tomorrow morning, even soggier than it was this morning. As Somerset have demonstrated so emphatically down at Taunton, the Australians bring out the beast in everyone. Pankaj is like those dilettantes one reads about in Somerset Maugham, who fear boredom more than old age, death, poverty or mendicancy. He continually chipped away at the Somerset batting and each time a partnership threatened to develop he struck. One solution would be to let this house through a good local agent, and rent one in Somerset. Yorkshire were today aiming to complete their first double of the season when they took on Somerset as the battle for the Championship hotted up. The grockles have descended upon Somerset with a vengeance today, in readiness for the four-day holiday weekend. A contemporary of Skinner, at the other end of Somerset, was the Reverend Mr Holland, an altogether better balanced character. Yorkshire have so far suffered crushing defeats by Surrey and Somerset while Kent were thrashed by Hampshire in their last match. A man thought to be connected to the series of scams is being held in custody and is due to be questioned by Avon and Somerset police. Lady Hester evidently came from Somerset, where she acquired a formidable reputation for breaking in the most vicious horses. A like creature, but gorged with a collar per pale azure and or and chained of the last, is the dexter supporter used by the Duke of Somerset. She aced two par three holes during a round at the Burnham and Berrow Golf Club in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, at odds of 14 million-to-one. Somerset looked as if it'd just got out of the shower and wasn't properly towel-dried yet, with trees and copses and hedgerows on all sides bedraggled and uncombed. When that happens we'll join Graham in Somerset, leaving our furniture and effects in storage pending the purchase of a suitable house close by the holiday camp. A new biography of famed British author Somerset Maugham explores his complicated love life and defends his literary genius. Progress remained slow after lunch and Somerset were only 120-2 after 50 overs but the over rate perked up as Dawson and Gray operated in harness. A photofit is being put together by Avon and Somerset police. There, with rich velvet Somerset ale, charcoal grilled steaks, and a spitting, crackling inglenook fiercely roasting away their dampness, they gradually returned to humanity. Soon our valley in Somerset was fabled as a kind of nymph-strewn Arcadia. Show More Sentences I was sitting in a shelter on the esplanade at Watchet trying to avoid conversation with a large lady from London who's been holidaying in West Somerset for a long, long time. It's too darn hot for such dusty work just now in snoozy old Somerset. Most of my Somerset will have to stay unlearned, leaving the county, the land and the people to grow in my mind on a basis of myth and wishful thinking. Since 1902 the game has been played between Somerset Cricket Club and St. George's Cricket Club, with the venue for the two-day match alternating each year. The events at Somerset Park yesterday encapsulated the struggle for survival that Airdrie have been mired in for the past two years, and were every bit as unedifying. And, as chance would have it, it was the day I had to drive to Somerset and back, taking Graham off for a few days of relief bar-work so he could top off his bike fund. As well as the fashion show inside the tent, there's another one going on in the courtyard of Somerset House. The white staff laid down by the Duke of Somerset was given to the new earl who contrived to remain Lord Treasurer until his death, twenty-two years later. Yorkshire owed a big debt of gratitude to their three left-handers at Scarborough yesterday for giving them a chance of holding out for a draw against Somerset. Among other drawings are four individual pots outlined in red conte on Somerset cream paper, in each of which the line is not flowing but halting. My father is William Seymour, brother to His Grace the Duke of Somerset. Laurel Highlands is southwest of her home, in Somerset, Pa., about a three-hour drive. I met Tom whilst I was deejaying in a club in Taunton, in Somerset. In southwestern Pennsylvania, four rural townships in Somerset, Indiana and Greene counties are hosts to new prisons built within the last few years. Yet I bet if I were to raise some trifling question about, say, the number of splay-footed widgeons in Somerset, I would have the answer in half an hour. She is a sanatorium sister at King's School, in Bruton, Somerset. Returning from a picnic in Somerset, there was a frightful car accident. The issue, however, is whether the language of the devise of the Somerset Estate can fairly be interpreted so as to include the rights under the s. 2 reverter. In the area I know, Somerset and Wiltshire, there is evidence of the involvement of the Welsh in this trade, and in particular, in the droving of cattle and sheep. Williams was born in Taunton, Somerset to Welsh parents, whilst her librarian father was working there. Show More Sentences Lord Chief Justice William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield concluded that Somerset could not be forced to leave England against his will. Among many honours, he was awarded the Somerset Maugham Award in 1958 for Hear and Forgive. The extraction of peat from the Somerset Levels began during the Roman times and has been carried out since the Levels were first drained. It is part of South West England, bounded by Cornwall to the west, Somerset to the northeast, and Dorset to the east. Inland, the Dartmoor National Park lies wholly in Devon, and the Exmoor National Park lies in both Devon and Somerset. Cheddar Gorge is a limestone gorge in the Mendip Hills, near the village of Cheddar, Somerset, England. The Avon estuary and the gorge are the county boundary with North Somerset, and the river flows into the Severn Estuary at Avonmouth. Cheddar Man is a human male fossil found in Gough's Cave in Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, England. Having spent five years in Somerset as curate of several parishes, Charles returned to his native North Wales to marry Sarah Jones of Bala. Nearly half of the holdings are in Devon, with other large holdings in Cornwall, Herefordshire, Somerset and almost all of the Isles of Scilly. The West Trust Divisional HQ and 999 control is in Exeter which provides cover for Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and the Isles of Scilly. By AD 600 they had established control over much of what is now England, but Somerset was still in native British hands. In the English Civil War Somerset was largely Parliamentarian, with key engagements being the Sieges of Taunton and the Battle of Langport. In 1685 the Monmouth Rebellion was played out in Somerset and neighbouring Dorset. Coal mining was an important industry in north Somerset during the 18th and 19th centuries, and by 1800 it was prominent in Radstock. Many Somerset soldiers died during the First World War, with the Somerset Light Infantry suffering nearly 5,000 casualties. A number of decoy towns were constructed in Somerset in World War II to protect Bristol and other towns, at night. Bristol began as a town on the Gloucestershire side of the Avon, however as it grew it extended across the river into Somerset. Much of the landscape of Somerset falls into types determined by the underlying geology. The Somerset Coalfield is part of a larger coalfield which stretches into Gloucestershire. Show More Sentences These both feed and drain the flat levels and moors of mid and west Somerset. Over 100 sites in Somerset have been designated as Sites of Special Scientific Interest. The island of Steep Holm in the Bristol Channel is within the ceremonial county and is now administered by North Somerset Council. Along with the rest of South West England, Somerset has a temperate climate which is generally wetter and milder than the rest of the country. Apple orchards were once plentiful, and Somerset is still a major producer of cider. The Somerset Levels is now the only area in the UK where basket willow is grown commercially. Residents of Somerset also form part of the electorate for the South West England constituency for elections to the European Parliament. The five districts of Somerset are West Somerset, South Somerset, Taunton Deane, Mendip, and Sedgemoor. The new district would not be a unitary authority, with Somerset County Council still performing its functions. The police force is governed by the elected Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner. The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance is a charitable organisation based in the county. Somerset songs were collected by Cecil Sharp and incorporated into works such as Holst's A Somerset Rhapsody. Bath Rugby play at the Recreation Ground in Bath, and the Somerset County Cricket Club are based at the County Ground in Taunton. The key train operator for Somerset is Great Western Railway, and other services are operated by South Western Railway and CrossCountry. Bristol Airport, located in North Somerset, provides national and international air services. The Somerset Coal Canal was built in the early 19th century to reduce the cost of transportation of coal and other heavy produce. The 19th century also saw the construction of railways to and through Somerset. The West Somerset Mineral Railway carried the iron ore from the Brendon Hills to Watchet. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. Blake was one of thirteen siblings born to a merchant in Bridgwater, Somerset, where he attended Bridgwater Grammar School for Boys. Show More Sentences The main concentration is within Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, however clubs exist in Sussex, Somerset, Devon, Dorset, Wales and London. Wessex gradually expanded westwards into Brythonic Dorset and Somerset in the seventh century. The counties of Dorset, Rutland and Somerset were likewise formerly Dorsetshire, Rutlandshire and Somersetshire. Cameron's sister Virginia was the mother of the temperance leader Lady Henry Somerset. This can be seen in literature as early as the 18th century in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's play The Rivals, set in the Somerset city of Bath. Westland Aircraft was a British aircraft manufacturer located in Yeovil in Somerset. In 1935 Petters split its aircraft manufacturing from its aircraft engine concerns to form Westland Aircraft Limited, based in Yeovil, Somerset. Other deeds and estate papers related to the Society's interests in Somerset and Dorset are available at Somerset Heritage Centre. Somerset established several towns during his governorship at the then Cape Colony and named them for his family. The Dutch plough was brought to Britain by Dutch contractors who were hired to drain East Anglian fens and Somerset moors. The British author William Somerset Maugham set a number of his short stories in the French Caribbean penal colonies. The use of brasses as emblems was particularly prevalent in Somerset and the surrounding counties. In 1896 Somerset Walpole discovered his son's horror of the Marlow school and he moved him to the King's School, Canterbury. Somerset Walpole, himself the son of an Anglican priest, hoped that his eldest son would follow him into the ministry. Devon County Council appoints eleven members to the Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Authority. Some, however, like the Gurt Dog in Somerset and the Black Dog of the Hanging Hills in Connecticut, are said to behave benevolently. Protesters have gathered at Camp Badger at Doniford Holt near Watchet in Somerset, which is the scene of a second pilot cull. The drama happened as the mum pushed the buggy along Watchet Harbour in Somerset around 8am. Somerset Academy of Las Vegas and its Administrators apologize for this advertent error. Buttler has yet to play for Lancashire, having left his native Somerset where he had to share wicketkeeping duties with Craig Kieswetter. Show More Sentences They view Morris as a villain after he crashed with ex-Armadale star Jozsef Tabaka two seasons ago while racing for Somerset Rebels. The couple have no children, and live on a restored model farm in Curry Rivel, Somerset with numerous animals. Juliet, 23, of Taunton, Somerset, held her nerve as the pilot of her inverted biplane guided the aircraft into perfect position. The energy giant is scaling back the workforce at the proposed new Hinkley Point C plant in Somerset. The energy giants are scaling back the workforce at the proposed new Hinkley Point C plant in Somerset. Matthias Church in Somerset by Meredith Kollmer, Karmen is in training to become a Seeing Eye dog. This week one teacher in Somerset was accused of Sellotaping children's mouths shut for being naughty. To save money, my friend Steve and I hitched from Hampshire to Somerset, Jack Kerouacs with bumfluff. This incredible shot shows him conquering Britain's highest and longest slackline walk, between The Pinnacles in Cheddar Gorge, Somerset. The word at Somerset House is that Stella's as delighted as he is. The infant, who was strapped in the buggy, was swept into the water as his mother walked along Watchet Harbour, Somerset. Between 1972 and 1977 Somerset were captained by the inspirational and combative Brian Close, whose influence on Ian Botham was considerable. By the 3rd century, Pagans Hill Roman Temple in Somerset was able to exist peaceably and it did so into the 5th century. In 878 they forced Alfred to flee to the Somerset Levels, but were eventually defeated at the Battle of Edington. Ceawlin overcame pockets of resisting Britons to the northeast, in the Chilterns, Gloucestershire and Somerset. According to late and dubious sources, these churches included minsters at Milton Abbas in Dorset and Muchelney in Somerset. Meanwhile, Harold's sons, who had taken refuge in Ireland, raided Somerset, Devon and Cornwall from the sea. The road users should at least get some benefit from this waste, another case of Somerset Highways showing ineptocracy. Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, succeeded him as leader of the party seeking peace with France. With the king so easily manipulated, power rested with those closest to him at court, in other words, Somerset and the Lancastrian faction. Show More Sentences Several prominent Lancastrian leaders, including Somerset and Northumberland, were killed. By then, the new Duke of Somerset was emerging as a favourite of the royal court. Several Lancastrian nobles, including the third Duke of Somerset, who had apparently been reconciled to Edward, readily led the rebellion. Her army, commanded by the fourth successive Duke of Somerset, was brought to battle and destroyed at the Battle of Tewkesbury. The rebellion worried Somerset, now Lord Protector, and he sent an army to impose a military solution to the rebellion. Now made Duke of Somerset, he proceeded at first hesitantly, partly because his powers were not unchallenged. The effect of the resistance was to topple Somerset as Lord Protector, so that in 1549 it was feared by some that the Reformation would cease. By 1852, the congestion at Somerset House had increased thanks to the growing number of Fellows. The West of England Main Line runs from London to Exeter via south Wiltshire, north Dorset and south Somerset. The M5 runs from the West Midlands through Gloucestershire, Bristol and Somerset to Exeter. The Somerset Levels were flooded, but the dry points such as Glastonbury and Brent Knoll are known to have been occupied by Mesolithic hunters. A Palaeolithic flint tool found in West Sedgemoor is the earliest indication of human presence on the Somerset Levels. Salt was produced on the Somerset Levels near Highbridge and quarrying took place near Bath, named after the Roman baths. Somerset played an important part in stopping the spread of the Danes in the 9th century. Monasteries and minster churches were set up all over Somerset, with daughter churches of the minsters in manors. During the English Civil War, Somerset was largely Parliamentarian, although Dunster was a Royalist stronghold. Dairy Crest makes brandy butter south of the town in Tatworth and Forton, near the meeting point of Dorset, Somerset and Devon. In terms of local government, it was divided after 1974 into Avon, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset, and Wiltshire. The charter trustees for the City of Bath make up the majority of the councillors on Bath and North East Somerset Council. During the 18th century, the Devon, Somerset and Exmoor coastline was full of smugglers. Show More Sentences West Country Carnival events take place in Somerset, Devon, Wiltshire and Dorset. It covered east Somerset and parts of the counties of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire and at some periods extended into Oxfordshire and Berkshire. Exmoor is loosely defined as an area of hilly open moorland in west Somerset and north Devon in South West England. The Hangman Sandstone represents the Middle Devonian sequence of North Devon and Somerset. William of Wrotham, who died in 1217, was steward of the forests of Exmoor and North Petherton, Somerset. Rising sea levels are likely to cause more flooding on the Somerset Levels. A second railway, the East Somerset, opened a branch line from Witham in 1862 and built a station to the east of Priory Road. Wells lies at the foot of the southern escarpment of the Mendip Hills where they meet the Somerset Levels. Also nearby are Wookey Hole Caves, the Mendip Hills and the Somerset Levels. The nearest head of steel is located on the East Somerset Railway at Mendip Vale. In 1662 Edward Somerset, second Marquess of Worcester, published a book containing several ideas he had been working on. These include the Duke of Norfolk, the Countess of Oxford and Asquith and the Duchess of Somerset. Sir Robert Smirke's design of King's was sympathetic to that of Somerset House which is situated adjacent to the Strand Campus. In 1971 the Evening Standard led a public campaign for Somerset House to be transformed into a new public arts venue for London. The East Wing of King's appears, as a part of Somerset House, in a number of other productions, such as Wilde, Flyboys, and The Duchess. This duty has now passed to Bath and North East Somerset Council, who carry out monitoring of pressure, temperature and flow rates. However, Bath was made a county borough in 1889, independent of the newly created administrative county and Somerset County Council. Other fine terraces elsewhere in the city include Lansdown Crescent and Somerset Place on the northern hill. There is a linear park following the old Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway line. In 1542, John Leland reported the locals around Cadbury Castle, formerly known as Camalet, in Somerset considered it to be the original Camelot. Show More Sentences The cheese originates from the village of Cheddar in Somerset, south west England. Almost immediately, on 22 June, he began as Deputy Forester in the royal forest of Petherton Park in North Petherton, Somerset. Locke was born on 29 August 1632, in a small thatched cottage by the church in Wrington, Somerset, about 12 miles from Bristol. On 8 October 1779, Blake became a student at the Royal Academy in Old Somerset House, near the Strand. In 1797, Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy moved to Alfoxton House, Somerset, just a few miles away from Coleridge's home in Nether Stowey. Somerset Maugham, whom I admire immensely for his power of telling a story straightforwardly and without frills. She was the niece of the photographer Julia Margaret Cameron and first cousin of the temperance leader Lady Henry Somerset. After his training, he was commissioned into the Third Battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry of the British Army as a Second Lieutenant. This cricket field is used for local contests and by Somerset County Cricket Club for one match a year. Button was born on 19 January 1980 in Frome, Somerset and brought up in nearby Vobster. She lives in Cheddar, Somerset with her England ladies' darts colleague and partner Sue Gulliver. Hertford, now Protector and Duke of Somerset, renewed the attempt to enforce an alliance, and also to impose an Anglican Reformation on Scotland. Other places that saw violence included Dorset, Leicestershire, and Somerset. When Thomas Smith advised Somerset that enclosure resulted from inflation, Somerset ignored him. The landowning interest in the Party, under its leaderWilliam Miles MP for East Somerset, had called upon Disraeli to lead the Party. Bermuda is divided into nine parishes, which have some localities called villages, such as Flatts Village and Somerset Village. The row focused on the flooding of the Somerset Levels and whether the River Parrett should be dredged. Late in 1956, the family moved to the manor house in the Somerset village of Combe Florey. Somerset Maugham, was a British playwright, novelist and short story writer. Many portraits were painted of Somerset Maugham, including that by Graham Sutherland in the Tate Gallery, and several by Sir Gerald Kelly. Show More Sentences The RCA was founded in Somerset House in 1837 as the Government School of Design or Metropolitan School of Design. The Institute and the Gallery are both in Somerset House, in the Strand in London. The National Portrait Gallery also has regional outposts at Beningbrough Hall in Yorkshire and Montacute House in Somerset. The details of the proxy marriage, progress, arrival, and reception in Edinburgh were recorded by the Somerset Herald, John Young. On 16 October 1551, John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, overthrew the Duke of Somerset to become the new regent of the young King. Many Roman cemeteries continued into much later times, such as that at Cannington, Somerset. Morris asserts that the latter name is that which is preserved in the modern name of Congresbury, Somerset, south of Bristol. The 1851 Census lists apprenticed paupers from Temple Cloud in Somerset, some of the earliest English immigrants. In February 2014, Charles visited Somerset levels to meet residents affected by winter flooding. The 26-year-old victim was attacked in a snicket between Benomley Road and Somerset Road on Tuesday afternoon. By teatime, however, the site could turn to a mudbath as heavy showers lash the 1,200-acre site in Somerset. Martin Bayfield presents as some of the UK's most powerful musclemen converge on Minehead, Somerset. A massive brawl that shattered the peace of a picturesque corner of Somerset has been blamed on a huge Welsh stag party. Tim Groenewald nearly snatched victory for Somerset with an unbeaten 27 from nine balls, which included three sixes. Doreen Pearce, who nursed King George VI, was being presented to the Queen at Taunton's Vivary Park, Somerset. Drumbeater is sent a long way from Philip Hobbs' Somerset yard to Perth but should take the Parks Renault Novices' Handicap Hurdle. But the Ayr United defender is determined to have the last laugh after the top two clubs in the Second Division clash tomorrow at Somerset Park. Platteland churches are now showing an interest and united congregations have been formed at Balfour, Somerset East and Thornhill. But the reprieved du Bruyn and Buttler saw Somerset home comfortably enough with eight balls to spare. But police found a number of explicit messages on her phone, prosector Michael Collins told North Somerset magistrates' court. Show More Sentences Mr Osborne, from Combe Florey, Somerset, has appeared in scores of rape trials during his 40-year career at the bar. Zoe Anderson, 24, died at her home in Bath, Somerset, after deadly fumes leaked out of a dodgy boiler flue pipe. Harley attempted to lead business without his former colleagues, and several of those present including the Duke of Somerset refused to participate until they returned. The clothing district around Tiverton and Exeter in Devon and west Somerset tended to make different kinds of cloth and is best regarded as distinct. From 1248 until his death in 1268 he was steadily employed as a justice of the assize in the southwestern counties, especially Somerset, Devon and Cornwall. Bristol Aerojet produced the third stage in Somerset, while the Explosives Research and Development Establishment produced its solid propellant in Waltham Abbey, Essex. It is here that the decisions are made regarding ambulance mobilisation for the four counties of Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Dorset, in response to 999 calls. These were Bristol, Cornwall and West Plymouth, Devon and East Plymouth, Dorset and East Devon, Somerset and North Devon, Wiltshire North and Bath, and parts of Cotswolds. In 2007 various events took place in Bridgwater, Somerset, from April to September to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the death of Robert Blake. Bristol alone accounts for a quarter of the region's economy, with the surrounding areas of Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire accounting for a further quarter. Their failure on Wednesday to defend 187-5 against Somerset at Taunton does not reflect well on their bowling attack and Glamorgan can take advantage. In the 6th and 7th centuries Wiltshire was at the western edge of Saxon Britain, as Cranborne Chase and the Somerset Levels prevented the advance to the west. Finally, five days after Rosie was admitted to Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton, Somerset, Dr Camilla Peevers hit upon the answer to her mystery illness. The Somerset LEA also provides special schools such as Newbury Manor School, which caters for children aged between 10 and 17 with special educational needs. A key contribution of Somerset architecture is its medieval church towers. All of the ceremonial county of Somerset is covered by the Avon and Somerset Constabulary, a police force which also covers Bristol and South Gloucestershire. To the north of the Mendip hills is the Chew Valley and to the south, on the clay substrate, are broad valleys which support dairy farming and drain into the Somerset Levels. Somerset is an important supplier of defence equipment and technology. The South West of England is known for Cheddar cheese, which originated in the Somerset village of Cheddar, Devon cream teas, crabs, Cornish pasties, and cider. In 1780, the society moved again, this time to Somerset House. Show More Sentences The River Avon formed much of the border with Gloucestershire, except that the hundred of Bath Forum, which straddles the Avon, formed part of Somerset. Catherine Parr, Henry's widow, soon married Thomas Seymour of Sudeley, Edward VI's uncle and the brother of the Lord Protector, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset. The boundaries of Somerset are largely unaltered from medieval times. Bristol received a royal charter in 1155 and was historically divided between Gloucestershire and Somerset until 1373, when it became a county of itself. Somerset was appointed Governor of Calais and was dispatched to take over the vital fortress on the French coast, but his attempts to evict Warwick were easily repulsed. He established a dominant position after his victory at the First Battle of St Albans in 1455, in which his chief rival Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, was killed. His maternal grandfather, Albert Jones, was Welsh, and his maternal grandmother, Ada Jones, was born in Pontypridd, to parents from Somerset and Wiltshire. At Llanvaches, Wroth's preaching became so popular that people travelled from the counties of Somerset, Gloucester, Hereford, Radnor and Glamorgan to hear him. The slavery issue was not legally contested until the Somerset case of 1772, which concerned James Somersett, a fugitive black slave from Virginia. The Adams family lived in north Somerset near Bristol from at least the early 15th century, before migrating to North America in the 17th century. The identifiable sherds from over 500 mould fragments included a perfect fit of the hilt of a sword in the Wilburton style held in Somerset County Museum. Alfred was forced to go into hiding for the rest of the winter and spring of 878 in the Somerset marshes in order to avoid the superior Danish forces. After his return, Cenwealh faced further attacks from Penda's successor Wulfhere, but was able to expand West Saxon territory in Somerset at the expense of the Britons. First, though, the clatter of Somerset wickets started when Coughlin threw himself left in his followthrough to catch a drive Trego had not kept down. It was strongly influenced by Somerset and Devon, and developed dishes such as whitepot while ingredients such as pumpkin were used, which are unusual in the rest of Wales. Outliers in Somerset and north Devon complete the extent of this basin. Some, such as the group portrait of the participants in the Somerset House Conference of 1604, are important historical documents in their own right. Adrian Flook let the pupils wave mock weapons around, put a hood over his head and frog-march him out of a charity evening at pounds 18,000-a-year Taunton School, Somerset. Bell concentrated on experimenting with electricity to convey sound and later installed a telegraph wire from his room in Somerset College to that of a friend. In 1891 Richard Stephens, a mining engineer from South Wales, returned from a commission in Michigan to establish a bicycle works in Clevedon, Somerset. Show More Sentences In May 878 he put together an army formed from the populations of Somerset, Wiltshire, and Hampshire, which defeated the Viking army in the Battle of Edington. Leicestershire have shared last place twice, with Hampshire and Somerset. As in Cornwall there are very strong traditions of folk dance and mumming, the best known being the Hobby horse celebrations at Minehead in Somerset. The years 1797 and 1798, during which he lived in what is now known as Coleridge Cottage, in Nether Stowey, Somerset, were among the most fruitful of Coleridge's life. He died soon afterwards at his easel in Covent Garden, while painting a portrait of the Duchess of Somerset, and was buried at St Paul's Church, Covent Garden. Originating in the British village of Cheddar in Somerset, cheeses of this style are produced beyond this region and in several countries around the world. Mary, Somerset, pixies and fairies are said to have battled each other. Bath became part of the county of Avon in 1974, and, following Avon's abolition in 1996, has been the principal centre of Bath and North East Somerset. It is the founding building of King's, located alongside Somerset House. Since 2010, the campus has expanded rapidly to incorporate the East Wing of Somerset House and the Virginia Woolf Building next to LSE on Kingsway. It is not difficult to imagine that Alfred sent out word to the ealdormen of Somerset, Wiltshire and Hampshire, and to the reeves, to call his men to arms. Mid Somerset Hockey Club and Wells City Acorns Hockey Club both play on the Astroturf pitches at the Blue School, where several other sports clubs are based. The Somerset left-hander captained an under-strength England line-up to an eight-wicket victory over a Carib Beer XI after electing to try and rediscover his form. He and a cricket world full of well-wishers can only hope he does not lose the sight in his left eye after being hit by a flying bail while keeping wicket against Somerset. Psychiatric nurse Tanya Allen was one of the first on the scene when six-month-old Sam Cooper-Stevens was pulled from the icy waters of Watchet, Somerset, early on Sunday. Wells is a popular tourist destination, due to its historical sites, its proximity to Bath, Stonehenge and Glastonbury and its closeness to the Somerset coast. Captain Justin Langer soon followed, caught behind driving at Chapple, and at 20 for two Somerset had lost their two most experienced top-order batsmen. It was also in 1795 that he met Samuel Taylor Coleridge in Somerset. As well as Dunster Castle, Dunster's other attractions include a priory, dovecote, yarn market, inn, packhorse bridge, mill and a stop on the West Somerset Railway. One of the roles of the Warden was Master of Staghounds and this role continued to be exercised by the Master of the Devon and Somerset Staghounds, a position extant today. Find more words! 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