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Welcome to WikiProject Somerset. Some Wikipedians have formed this collaboration resource and group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of Somerset and the organization of information and articles on this topic. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions and various resources; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians interested in the topic. If you would like to help, please join the project, inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list below.
Goals
[edit]Roughly in order of importance
- Get Somerset up to featured article.
Done
- Create articles on all important sub-divisions and places of interest in Somerset.
- Maintain Portal:Somerset
- Add basic data such as population, maps and coordinates to all sub-divisions of Somerset.
- Add at least one photograph to every sub-division and place of interest in Somerset.
- Possibly create an infobox for places of interest with maps, visitor numbers etc.
- Make History of Somerset,
Done Geology of Somerset
Done etc. good, and ultimately featured articles.
Scope
[edit]- To cover all topics related to the historical county of Somerset, England, which may include, but is not restricted to towns, villages and geography of the county. People and organisations from Somerset. Local culture, economy history etc.
It is not intended to include people with only a loose connection e.g. alumni of local universities or those who played for local sports teams.
Guidelines
[edit]For writing about settlements, see WikiProject UK geography - How to write about settlements
For writing about other areas of interest, guidance might be found in other related projects
Open tasks
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Did you know
- 27 Jul 2024 – Church of St Peter, Draycott (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by KJP1 (t · c); see discussion
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Participants
[edit]Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest.
- Rodw (talk · contribs) I'm interested in working on historic houses and industrial heritage.15:05, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
- Derek Andrews (talk · contribs) I am interested in working on Wells and surrounding villages, and general editing, tidying up, flagging problem areas etc. Particular interests; prehistory, industrial archaeology, natural features, walking routes. I only get home every few years, so won't be able to contribute photos too often. 11:01, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
- Pyrotec (talk · contribs) Have contributed to various articles within Somerset. Interested in historical subjects, such as industrial archaeology, railways, canals, railways, etc.Pyrotec 12:40, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
- Geof Sheppard (talk · contribs) – mainly working on railways and industrial heritage.
- Celiakozlowski (talk · contribs) – adding pictures and pages for villages in South "Zomerzet".
- Jdrewitt (talk · contribs) – general editing
- Mark999 (talk · contribs) – expanding apon the Bristol work Mark999 19:35, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
- Marco Alfarrobinha (talk · contribs) I live in Somerset and I am interested in creating new articles and editing existing ones, it is just that I am extremelly busy in real life so whenever I have a spare hour or two... Marco Alfarrobinha {chat}contributions 04:22, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
- GGeoff (talk · contribs) (I am interested in editing and providing photographs. I live in Somerset. I take a special interest in trying to preserve the landscape and townscapes) 15:55,November 2007 (UTC)
- quota (talk · contribs) I no longer live in Somerset, so my info is somewhat out of date, but I'll try and help with information from the 1960s and 1970s. quota (talk) 10:50, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
- Vox Humana 8' (talk · contribs) I am interested particularly in Somerset's rich monastic heritage.--Vox Humana 8' 15:35, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
- Maedin (talk · contribs) I am in an excellent position to provide free photographs for every bridge in the entire county of Somerset (up-to-date and also historic). Happy to take requests in this regard, but also hope to create and maintain a few Somerset bridge and geographical articles myself. Maedin\talk 11:54, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
- Pontificalibus (talk · contribs) I was born and grew up in Bath. Although I no longer live there I have some knowledge of the area. 22:28, 22nd November 2008 (UTC)
- NotFromUtrecht (talk · contribs) Photography, history
- Bob Re-born (talk · contribs) Resident of Cheddar. Anti-spam crusader - although Somerset really doesn't need this!
- Daffodillman (talk · contribs) Somerset resident on and off for forty years, willing to help in most areas, typical sloth. 03:15, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
- Jane Cartney (talk · contribs) Living and working in Weston-super-Mare with a particular interest in the history of art and architecture and the built environment. Artist and photographer. Invited to join this WikiProject and have accepted. 12.07, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
- Jaguar (talk · contribs) I am interested in settlements and history of Somerset and I have knowledge in them. Although I live in Hampshire, I still take a great interest of the history of Somerset and Bath. 22:10, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
- Gareth Smart (talk · contribs) I was born and brought up in Winscombe and have a huge interest in Somerset. I was invited to join this WikiProject, so accepted the offer.
- BishopHerman (talk · contribs) My main interest is in Dorset, but I do live in Somerset and take an interest in its history and churches.
- Spoonfrog (talk · contribs) Interested in anything to do with Bath, mainly architectural and historical. 20:22, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
- Reaper Eternal (talk · contribs) - I am mainly interested in the geology and archaeology of Somerset (thanks for inviting me Rod!). 11:28, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
- Harrias (talk · contribs) Most of my work is on articles relating to Somerset County Cricket Club, but I occasionally stray into other articles relating to the county.
- Ianmwmac (talk · contribs) (I am interested in working on, and promoting, the local music scene in and around Somerset ) 17:23, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
- JR Watchet (talk · contribs) (I am based in Watchet and have knowledge of local history etc. Can help with anything in West Somerset...) 21.26, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
- Mikeo34 (talk · contribs) (I am a born and bred Somersetonian with specific interests in railways and Yeovil Town.) 23:59, 31 Aug 2012 (UTC)
- H.Brian Griffin (talk · contribs) I was born in Bristol and I live in Congresbury I love editing Wikipedia and I hope to make good contributions to pages on Somerset. (H.Brian Griffin (talk) 02:34, 31 December 2012 (UTC))
- Polten (talk) 23:03, 2 January 2013 (UTC) I was born, raised and currently live in South Somerset and want to help in any way I can!
- Timbow001 (talk · contribs) (Quantock things esp historical and literary) 13:55, 29 April 2013 (UTC)
- rleir (talk · contribs) I would like to add more historical info re: Ditcheat and Charlton Musgrove.
- Argovian (talk · contribs) Generally will chip in regarding civil parishes, geography, etc, as well as cricket-related stuff. Argovian (talk)
- Cassyput (talk · contribs) I live on Combe Down near bath and I'm interested in our local history
- Billy from Bath (talk) 13:26, 22 May 2015 (UTC) Name says it all
- Sumorsǣte (talk · contribs) Geography, history, etc.
- Apwoolrich (talk · contribs) Bridgwater area, industrial history, biography.19:10, 7 October 2016 (UTC)
- Mojo0306 (talk · contribs) Articles about places and things in North Somerset. 17:06, 30 December 2016 (UTC)
- Tube Geek 77 (talk · contribs) Transport related things, and also Portishead and surrounding areas
- gsykesvoyage (talk · contribs) Ex-student of Sexey's school, and resident of Somerset 15:26, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
- Tube Geek 77 (talk · contribs) Transport related things, and also Portishead and surrounding areas
- SHISHIR DUA (talk · contribs) A close Researcher of Somerset and other English cities. 01:52, August 3, 2020 (UTC)
- 10mmsocket (talk · contribs) Geordie expat living in Somerset.
- Goldclock (talk · contribs) (Can do some photos of North Somerset and Bath and NE Somerset, more so interested in nature and history related topics.) 16:41, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
Articles and Lists
[edit]Below is a bot generated table of the assessment process of WikiProject Somerset supported articles. The stats are generated automatically every 2-3 days, but they can be updated manually by entering Somerset into the box here.
Current status
[edit]Somerset articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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Quality | Importance | ||||||
Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
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5 | 5 | 15 | 25 | |||
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14 | 22 | 36 | ||||
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3 | 7 | 60 | 120 | 190 | ||
B | 1 | 4 | 21 | 78 | 2 | 106 | |
C | 2 | 3 | 65 | 272 | 4 | 346 | |
Start | 8 | 96 | 2,374 | 9 | 2,487 | ||
Stub | 5 | 592 | 14 | 611 | |||
List | 1 | 16 | 41 | 58 | |||
Category | 644 | 644 | |||||
Disambig | 3 | 3 | |||||
File | 22 | 22 | |||||
Portal | 120 | 120 | |||||
Project | 13 | 13 | |||||
Template | 1 | 48 | 49 | ||||
NA | 1 | 22 | 32 | 55 | |||
Other | 2 | 2 | |||||
Assessed | 6 | 28 | 283 | 3,537 | 884 | 29 | 4,767 |
Unassessed | 9 | 9 | |||||
Total | 6 | 28 | 283 | 3,537 | 884 | 38 | 4,776 |
WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 18,183 | Ω = 4.83 |
The above table shows the current state of this WikiProject. To view historical, monthly totals, see project progress.
Recognised Content
[edit]![]() | This is a list of recognized content, updated weekly by JL-Bot (talk · contribs) (typically on Saturdays). There is no need to edit the list yourself. If an article is missing from the list, make sure it is tagged (e.g. {{WikiProject Somerset}}) or categorized correctly and wait for the next update. See WP:RECOG for configuration options. |
Featured articles
[edit]Ælfheah of Canterbury
Bath, Somerset
Battle of Babylon Hill
Battle of Marshall's Elm
Margaret Bondfield
Robert Burnell
Chew Stoke
Equestrian statue of Edward Horner
Exmoor
Ham Wall
Herbie Hewett
Kennet and Avon Canal
Mells War Memorial
Mendip Hills
Lionel Palairet
Porlock Stone Circle
River Parrett
Sieges of Taunton
Somerset County Cricket Club in 1891
Somerset County Cricket Club in 2009
Somerset Levels
Sweet Track
Marcus Trescothick
Wells Cathedral
Withypool Stone Circle
Former featured articles
[edit]Featured lists
[edit]List of ecclesiastical parishes in the Diocese of Bath and Wells
Works of Keith Floyd
Grade I listed buildings in Bath and North East Somerset
Grade I listed buildings in Mendip
Grade I listed buildings in North Somerset
Grade I listed buildings in Sedgemoor
Grade I listed buildings in South Somerset
Grade I listed buildings in Taunton Deane
Grade I listed buildings in West Somerset
Grade II* listed buildings in North Somerset
List of civil parishes in Somerset
List of English Heritage properties in Somerset
List of locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal
List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Avon
List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset
List of Somerset County Cricket Club Twenty20 players
List of Somerset County Cricket Club grounds
List of Somerset County Cricket Club players with 100 or more first-class or List A appearances
List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in Southwest England
List of hillforts and ancient settlements in Somerset
List of local nature reserves in Somerset
List of scheduled monuments in Bath and North East Somerset
List of scheduled monuments in Mendip
List of scheduled monuments in North Somerset
List of scheduled monuments in Sedgemoor
List of scheduled monuments in South Somerset
List of scheduled monuments in Taunton Deane
Grade II* listed buildings in Mendip
List of museums in Somerset
List of national nature reserves in Somerset
List of National Trust properties in Somerset
List of scheduled monuments in West Somerset (A–G)
List of scheduled monuments in West Somerset (H–Z)
Grade II* listed buildings in Sedgemoor
Grade II* listed buildings in Taunton Deane
Grade II* listed buildings in West Somerset
Featured topics
[edit]Featured portals
[edit]Good articles
[edit]A303 road
1754 Taunton by-election
1887 Taunton by-election
The Abbot's Fish House, Meare
Agapemonites
William Arnold (settler)
Ashton Court
Ashton Court Festival
Athelm
River Avon, Bristol
Avon Gorge
Herbert E. Balch
Barrington Court
E. W. Bastard
Bath Abbey
Bath Assembly Rooms
Beckford's Tower
Berhtwald
Birnbeck Pier
Bishop's Palace, Wells
Blackdown Hills
Blagdon Lake
John Braham (RAF officer)
Brean Down
HMS Bridgewater (L01)
Bridgwater and Taunton Canal
Bridgwater Bay
Bridgwater
Brislington House
Bruton Dovecote
Buildings and architecture of Bath
Burnham-on-Sea
Mike Burns (cricketer)
Buro Happold
Burrow Mump
Burton Pynsent House
Jenson Button
Allegra Byron
Cadbury Camp
Cadbury Castle, Somerset
Chard, Somerset
Cheddar Gorge
Cheddar, Somerset
Chew Magna
St Andrew's Church, Chew Stoke
Claverton Pumping Station
Cleeve Abbey
Clevedon
Clevedon Court
Clevedon Pier
Cleveland Pools
Clifton Suspension Bridge
Climate of south-west England
Coleridge Cottage
The Crescent, Taunton
Crewkerne
Cricket at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill
Dolebury Warren
Dovecot at Blackford Farm
Dunkery Hill
Dunstan
Dunster Butter Cross
Dunster Castle
Dunster
Dunster Working Watermill
Ebbor Gorge
Exmoor pony
Farleigh Hungerford Castle
Reginald Fitz Jocelin
Savaric FitzGeldewin
Henry Fownes Luttrell (died 1780)
Henry Fox (sportsman)
Frome
Fyne Court
Gallox Bridge, Dunster
Edith Garrud
Geography of Somerset
Geology of Somerset
Gisa (bishop of Wells)
Eleanor Glanville
Glastonbury Abbey
Glastonbury Canal
Glastonbury Festival
Glastonbury
Glastonbury Lake Village
Glastonbury Tor
Grade I listed buildings in Somerset
Grand Western Canal
HM Prison Shepton Mallet
Hestercombe House
James Hill (British Army officer)
Sidney Hill
History of Somerset
Holnicote Estate
Hot Fuzz
Jocelin of Wells
John of Tours
Keynsham
King Alfred's Tower
King John's Hunting Lodge, Axbridge
Scott Laird
Leigh Court
Leigh Woods National Nature Reserve
Long Ashton railway station
Lyfing (archbishop of Canterbury)
Lytes Cary
Masonic Hall, Taunton
Midsomer Norton
Minehead
Monmouth Rebellion
Montacute House
Muchelney Abbey
Nailsea Court
Nailsea
Nailsea and Backwell railway station
Nettlecombe Court
Stephen Newton
Tom Nichols (footballer)
Nunney Castle
Pill railway station
PinkPantheress
Portishead, Somerset
Massey Poyntz
The Priest's House, Muchelney
Prior Park Landscape Garden
Prior Park
Pulteney Bridge
Quantock Hills
Radstock
River Brue
River Tone
Robert of Bath
Roman Baths (Bath)
Royal Crescent
Ted Sainsbury
St Catherine's Court
Sand Point and Middle Hope
Scheduled monuments in Somerset
Jake Seamer
Shepton Mallet
Sigeric (bishop)
Sir Bevil Grenville's Monument
Solsbury Hill
Somerset Coal Canal
Somerset Coalfield
Somerset County Cricket Club in 1882
Somerset County Cricket Club in 1885
Somerton, Somerset
Stanton Drew stone circles
Steep Holm
Stembridge Mill, High Ham
Stoke sub Hamdon Priory
Ston Easton Park
Stoney Littleton Long Barrow
Street, Somerset
Sutton Court
Sydney Gardens
St Joseph's Convent, Taunton
Taunton
Taunton Unitarian Chapel
Team Bath F.C.
Theatre Royal, Bath
Tintinhull Garden
To Catch a Copper
Treasurer's House, Martock
Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard
The Tribunal, Glastonbury
Tyntesfield
Vicars' Close, Wells
Walton and Ivythorn Hills
Watchet
Wellington Monument, Somerset
Wellington, Somerset
Hugh of Wells
Wells, Somerset
West Hendford Cricket Ground
West Pennard Court Barn
West Somerset Mineral Railway
Westhay Moor
Weston-super-Mare
Westonzoyland Pumping Station Museum
Edward Wickham
Maisie Williams
Woodspring Priory
Wookey Hole Caves
Worle railway station
Worlebury Camp
Wulfhelm
Yarn Market, Dunster
Yatton railway station
Yeovil
Former good articles
[edit]Good topics
[edit]Did you know? articles
[edit]1275 British earthquake
1701 Taunton by-election
1724 Taunton by-election
1754 Taunton by-election
1887 Taunton by-election
2011 M5 motorway crash
The Abbot's Fish House, Meare
Church of All Saints, Norton Fitzwarren
Anglo-Bavarian Brewery
Aveline's Hole
Babington, Somerset
Banwell Castle
Barrow Court
E. W. Bastard
Bath Assembly Rooms
Bath curse tablets
Bathwick Hill
Batman rapist
Battle of Babylon Hill
Battle of Marshall's Elm
Battlegore Burial Chamber
Beau Street Hoard
Beckington Castle
Mary Berry
Bilbie family
John Billingsley (agriculturist)
Birnbeck Pier
Bishop's Palace, Wells
Brean Down
Brent Knoll Camp
Bridgwater Bay
Bridgwater War Memorial
Brislington House
Ben Brocklehurst
Bruton Dovecote
Buildings and architecture of Bath
Burnett, Somerset
Burnham Area Rescue Boat
Burnham-on-Sea Lifeboat Station
Burnham Pier
Burnham-on-Sea High Lighthouse
Burnham-on-Sea Low Lighthouse
Burnham-on-Sea Round Tower
Mike Burns (cricketer)
Jos Buttler
Allegra Byron
Chandos Glass Cone
Chapel Cleeve Manor
Chard Museum
Charlcombe
Charterhouse Cave
Cheddar Palace
Cheddar Yeo
St Andrew's Church, Chew Stoke
Church of St Mary Magdalene, Chewton Mendip
Church of All Saints, Chipstable
Church of St Mary, Abbas and Templecombe
Church of St Mary, West Harptree
Church of St Peter and St Paul, Wincanton
Clapton Court
Climate of south-west England
Combe Hay Locks
Cothelstone Manor
The Crescent, Taunton
Crinkley Bottom
Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill
Cross Bath
Crowcombe
Culbone
Dismaland
Dowlish Wake
James Dredge Jr.
James Dredge Sr.
Drove Cottage Henge
Ebbor Gorge
Sir Abraham Elton, 2nd Baronet
Exmoor pony
Fairfield, Stogursey
Farleigh Hungerford Castle
Fox Brothers
Henry Fox (sportsman)
Freshford Manor
Friendly society brasses
Frome Hoard
GWR road motor services
Reg Gammon
Gants Mill
Gatcombe, Somerset
Gaulden Manor
Geography of Somerset
The George Inn, Norton St Philip
Eleanor Glanville
Glastonbury Lake Village
Gournay Court
Harold St George Gray
Gray's Almshouses
HM Prison Shepton Mallet
Hadspen House
Murder of Melanie Hall
Ham Hill Hillfort
Hammet Street, Taunton
The Hanging Chapel
Bill Harkin
Hestercombe House
Herbie Hewett
St Andrew's Church, High Ham
James Hill (British Army officer)
Sidney Hill
Hinkley Point C nuclear power station
Indract of Glastonbury
Land Yeo
Langport and Castle Cary Railway
Lansdown Cricket Club
Samuel Lawrence (Canadian politician)
Lettonie (restaurant)
Lilstock
List of English Heritage properties in Somerset
List of Somerset County Cricket Club players with 100 or more first-class or List A appearances
List of Somerset cricket captains
List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in Southwest England
List of local nature reserves in Somerset
Long Ashton Research Station
Sophie Luff
Lyncombe, Bath
Lytes Cary
Manor House, Chew Magna
Market Cross, Cheddar
Marston Bigot
Masonic Hall, Taunton
Maunsel House
Meare Lake Village
Meare Pool
Mells War Memorial
Mendip Hospital
Jack Meyer (educator and cricketer)
Midford Castle
Moles (nightclub)
Montacute Priory
Museum of Bath Architecture
Nailsea Court
Nailsea Glassworks
National Nautical School
List of National Trust properties in Somerset
Church of the Holy Trinity, Newton St Loe
North Perrott Cricket Club Ground
Church of St Philip and St James, Norton St Philip
Octagon Chapel, Bath
Old Orchard Street Theatre
William Oliver (physician, 1695–1764)
Open top buses in Weston-super-Mare
Packhorse Inn
Lionel Palairet
Pawlett
Sir Arthur Pearson, 1st Baronet
Pensford Viaduct
Porlock Bay
Portbury Ashlands
Poundisford Park
Hans Price
Priddy Nine Barrows and Ashen Hill Barrow Cemeteries
Prior Park Landscape Garden
Prior Park
Richmont Castle
The Sack of Bath
Ted Sainsbury
St George's Church, Fons George
St George's Roman Catholic Church, Taunton
Salisbury and Yeovil Railway
Saltford Brass Mill
Saltford Manor House
Scheduled monuments in Somerset
Jake Seamer
Selworthy Beacon
Selworthy
Shapwick Hoard
Sharpham
Anya Shrubsole
Sieges of Taunton
Simonsbath House
Simonsbath
Somerset Coal Canal
Somerset Coalfield
Somerset County Cricket Club in 1882
Somerset County Cricket Club in 1885
Somerset County Cricket Club in 1891
Somerset County Cricket Club in 1892
Somerset County Cricket Club in 1948
Somerset County Cricket Club in 2009
Somerset Cricket Museum
Somerset Space Walk
Somerset Women cricket team
Somerset towers
St John's Hospital, Bath
Stogumber railway station
Stoke sub Hamdon Priory
Stokeleigh Camp
Church of St Nicholas and the Blessed Virgin Mary, Stowey
John Straffen
Strawberries and Cream Tree
Sydney Gardens
Sydney Gardens Tunnels
St Joseph's Convent, Taunton
Taunton Minster
Taunton Town F.C.
Taunton Tramway
Taunton Unitarian Chapel
Taunton bus station
Telescopic Bridge, Bridgwater
Temple of Harmony
Templecombe railway station
The Square, Wiveliscombe
Theatre Royal, Bath
Kyle Tilley
Tithe Barn, Pilton
To Catch a Copper
Tonedale Mills
Joshua Toulmin
Transport in Somerset
The Tribunal, Glastonbury
Old Church of St Nicholas, Uphill
Urchinwood Manor
Ven House
Vicars' Close, Wells
Vivary Park
Manu Vunipola (rugby union, born 2000)
Elizabeth Rebecca Ward
Hugh of Wells
Wells St Andrew
Wells and Mendip Museum
West Hendford Cricket Ground
RAF Weston-super-Mare
Weston-super-Mare Tramways
Weston-super-Mare railway station
Wheal Eliza Mine
Edward Wickham
Maisie Williams
Church of St Peter, Williton
Winter flooding of 2013–14 on the Somerset Levels
Woodspring Priory
Wookey Hole Caves
Wraxall Court
Writhlington
Church of St Bartholomew, Yeovilton
Featured pictures
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Bath Abbey Eastern Stained Glass, Somerset, UK - Diliff
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Bath Abbey Exterior, Somerset, UK - Diliff
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Bath Abbey Nave Fan Vaulting, Somerset, UK - Diliff
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Bath, Somerset Panorama - April 2011
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Bathwick Hill, Bath, Somerset, UK - Diliff
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Puente Pulteney, Bath, Inglaterra, 2014-08-12, DD 51
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Roman Baths in Bath Spa, England - July 2006
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Wells Cathedral Arches, Somerset, UK - Diliff
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Wells Cathedral Chapter House, Somerset, UK - Diliff
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Wells Cathedral Lady Chapel, Somerset, UK - Diliff
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Wells Cathedral Nave 1, Somerset, UK - Diliff
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Wells Cathedral Organ, Somerset, UK - Diliff
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Wells Cathedral Stairs to Chapter House, Somerset, UK - Diliff
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Wells Cathedral West Front Exterior, UK - Diliff
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Wells Cathedral in the reflecting pool in the grounds of the Bishops Palace
Popular pages
[edit]You can also see which of the projects pages are most popular (i.e. getting the most page requests) at Somerset Popular Pages
New articles
[edit]Please feel free to list your new Somerset-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them, are at least over 1,500 characters, don't have any dispute templates on them, and cite their sources, should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Wikipedia Main Page.
December 2023
[edit]- Clapton Moor nature reserve added 10 December
December 2022
[edit]- Combe Florey House overwrite of Redirect 13 December
February 2021
[edit]- Underwood Quarry added 14 February
June 2020
[edit]- Bridgwater Town Council added 9 June
- Strawberries and Cream Tree added 4 June
April 2020
[edit]- Taunton bus station added 10 April
Febraury 2020
[edit]- Brooke, Ilchester added 25 February
- Sydney Gardens Tunnels added 13 February
January 2020
[edit]- Church of St John the Evangelist, Tatworth added 16 January
- Church of St Etheldreda, West Quantoxhead added 15 January
- Milborne Wick Mission Church added 15 January
- St Andrew's Church, Corton Denham added 13 January
- Holy Trinity Church, Walton added 9 January
- Christ Church, Long Load added 9 January
- Combe Hay Locks added 7 January
- Street Mission Church added 5 January
- Alhampton Mission Church added 5 January
November 2019
[edit]- Battle of Marshall's Elm added 15 November
- The Kildare Lodge Inn added 10 November
- All Saints' Church, Yeovil Marsh added 1 November
For previously created articles see the New article archive page
Collaboration and review
[edit]- If you have any requests or suggestions for a collaboration of the week or month please add them here.
Bring all settlements in Somerset with over 5000 population to GA standard i.e.: Backwell, Bridgwater, Burnham-on-Sea, Chard, Cheddar, Clevedon, Comeytrowe, Crewkerne, Frome, Glastonbury, Keynsham, Midsomer Norton, Minehead, Nailsea, North Petherton, Peasedown St John, Portishead, Radstock, Shepton Mallet, Street, Taunton, Wellington, Wells, Weston-super-Mare, Yatton, Yeovil
Templates
[edit]Project templates
[edit]- {{WikiProject Somerset}} - The WikiProject template. Please add {{WikiProject Somerset| class= |importance= }} to the top of the talkpage on all Somerset-related articles.
- Note a Class if you can, using the ratings scale.
- Note the article's Importance if you can, using the importance scale.
- {{User Somerset project}} - for the user pages for members of this project.
- This will automatically add users to Category:WikiProject Somerset participants
- {{WP Somerset invite}} - for use on the talk pages of those who edit Somerset related articles and might be interested in joining this project.
- A variant {{WP Somerset invite|Article Name}} can be used. NB "Article Name" should be replaced with the title of the article they have worked on.
- {{Image requested|in=Somerset}} - to request photos of places or things in Somerset, add this template to the talk page of the relevant article.
- This will add them to Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Somerset.
Navboxes
[edit]Adding these to the end of an article will give a collapsed box with a listing of all the related articles
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- {{Chew Valley}}
- {{GradeIListedbuildingSomerset}}
- {{Mendip Hills}}
- {{North Somerset Levels}}
- {{Rivers of Exmoor}}
- {{Schools in Somerset}}
District templates
[edit]- {{Mendip}}
- {{Sedgemoor}}
- {{South Somerset}}
- {{Somerset West and Taunton}}
Stub templates
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Categories
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WikiProject Somerset[edit]
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Resources
[edit]- Statistics: Office for National Statistics, Census related resources, Neighbourhood statistics (Parish data etc.)
- Somerset Statistics -Parish population data
- Bath and North East Somerset -Census Data
- North Somerset - Census Information
- Maps:
- Maps & other content relating to towns & villages in the county from the Somerset Urban Archaeological Surveys
- 1884 & 1900 maps from the Somerset Record Office
- Multimap
- OS Get a map
- Ordnance Survey® Election Maps–boundaries of civil parishes, wards, boroughs etc., up to street map scale. The draconian terms and conditions don't seem to prevent GFDL licensing of research by Wikipedia editors, as long as the editors themselves don't use the information for financial gain, and no-one copies actual extracts, mapping data or layers from the maps.
- Websites:
- 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica
- South West Heritage Trust - now hosts Somerset Historic Environment Record
- Bridgwater Heritage Group
- Bridgwater Museum
- Photos : Geograph British Isles project
- Distance : GENUK&I distance gazetteer
- County history :
Related projects
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[edit]Local projects
[edit]External links
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