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There is excellent cider that goes by the name Somerset, and it comes from the area in the south west of England. There are varoius place-names in Britain, their names are explained as "(District of) settlers around Somerton". Somerton again originally was a "farmstead used in summer", except Somerton, Suffolk, which used to be "a farmstead of a man called Sumarlithi" (an Old Scandinavian name).

All of this is taken from the Oxford Dictionary of Place-names (1998).

Andy ;—)

• Somerset - Seda*  Oct 15 2004, 8:41:32 PM
  • Re: Somerset - Andy  Oct 18 2004, 1:21:20 AM
  • Re: Somerset - Ciarda Rayne  Oct 15 2004, 11:50:16 PM
    • thanks!..nt - Seda*  Oct 16 2004, 12:48:05 PM