Taunton (disambiguation)
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Taunton is the county town of Somerset. It may also refer to:
[edit] Places
In Great Britain:
- Taunton Deane, a local government district with borough status in Somerset
- Taunton Stop Line, a World War II defensive line in south west England
- Taunton Racecourse, located near the town from which it takes its name
In Australia:
- Taunton National Park, a scientific national park in Queensland
In the United States:
- Taunton, Massachusetts
- Taunton, Minnesota
- Taunton, New York
- Taunton River, historically called the Taunton Great River, a river in southern Massachusetts
[edit] People
- Baron Taunton, defunct British peerage title
- Kristen Taunton, Canadian field hockey player
- Mack Taunton, vocalist
- Scott Taunton, media executive
- Sussan Taunton, Chilean actress
[edit] Other
- Taunton train fire, a fire in a sleeping car train on 6 July 1978
- Taunton Period, a British Bronze Age metalworking period
- Taunton Press
- The Siege of Taunton, during the English Civil War
- Taunton's Grammar School Southampton, see Highfield, Hampshire
In fiction:
- Tauntaun, a creature in the Star Wars universe
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