Somerset

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Somerset is a historic county in South West England known for its rural landscapes, coastal areas, and cities such as Bath and Wells.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Somerset, England 3
County of Somerset 1
Somerset County region 1

Statements (87)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ceremonial county
geographic region
historic county
borders Bath and North East Somerset Council
surface form: Bath and North East Somerset

Bristol
Devon
Dorset
Gloucestershire NERFINISHED
North Somerset
Wiltshire NERFINISHED
containsLandmark Bath Abbey, Bath, England
surface form: Bath Abbey

Cheddar Gorge
Dunster Castle
Glastonbury Abbey
Glastonbury Tor
Hinkley Point nuclear power stations
Montacute House
Muchelney Abbey
Roman Baths
surface form: Roman Baths, Bath

Wells Cathedral
containsTransportInfrastructure A303 road NERFINISHED
Great Western Main Line
M5 motorway NERFINISHED
West of England Main Line
containsWetland Moors
Somerset Levels
country England
hasAdministrativeForm non-metropolitan county
hasAgriculturalActivity apple orchards
dairy farming
hasCeremonialLordLieutenant Lord Lieutenant of Somerset
hasCity Bath
Wells, Somerset
surface form: Wells
hasCityStatus Bath
Wells, Somerset
surface form: Wells
hasCoastlineOn Bristol Channel
hasCountyTown Taunton NERFINISHED
hasEconomicSector agriculture
energy production
tourism
hasHighSheriff High Sheriff of Somerset
hasHistoricRegion southwest England
surface form: West Country
hasHistoricStatus historic county of England
hasLandscapeFeature Blackdown Hills
Exmoor
Mendip Hills
Quantock Hills
hasLandscapeType rural
hasProtectedArea Exmoor National Park
Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Quantock Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
hasTown Bridgwater
Burnham-on-Sea
Chard
Clevedon
Crewkerne
Frome
Glastonbury
Keynsham
Minehead
Nailsea
Portishead
Shepton Mallet
Street
Taunton NERFINISHED
Watchet NERFINISHED
Wellington
Weston-super-Mare
Wincanton
Yeovil
hasTraditionalProduct Cheddar cheese
Somerset cider
knownFor 2011 Glastonbury Festival
surface form: Glastonbury Festival

cheddar cheese
cider production
coastal areas
rural landscapes
language English
locatedIn southwest England
surface form: South West England
partOf England
United Kingdom
timeZone British Summer Time
Greenwich Mean Time
traversedByRiver River Avon
River Brue
River Parrett
River Tone

Referenced by (79)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

YEO locatedIn Somerset
Yeovil locatedIn Somerset
Cotswolds locatedInCounty Somerset
Battle of Langport location Somerset
Battle of Sedgemoor location Somerset
Holburne Museum location Somerset
Monmouth Rebellion location Somerset
RNAS Yeovilton location Somerset
The Circus location Somerset
subject surface form: The Circus, Bath
Thermae Bath Spa location Somerset
this entity surface form: Somerset County, England
this entity surface form: Somerset, England
Somerset County namedFor Somerset
this entity surface form: Somerset, England
this entity surface form: Somerset, England
A30 road passesThrough Somerset
M5 motorway passesThrough Somerset
John Locke placeOfBirth Somerset
Sir Henry Cole placeOfBirth Somerset
Edmund Nelson placeOfDeath Somerset
Evelyn Waugh placeOfDeath Somerset
subject surface form: John Sharp
Reginald Dyer placeOfDeath Somerset
Canaan, Maine region Somerset
this entity surface form: Somerset County region
Another World spinOff Somerset