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Entry to Bath Place off Taunton High Street
According to a local history trail leaflet, Bath Place was the main road west from the market place until 1894. It is still a public right of way shown on OS maps.
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 16 Jul 2021
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Taunton : Pedestrianised Area
An area off of Corporation Street which has been pedestrianised.
Image: © Lewis Clarke
Taken: 22 Jun 2013
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Taunton : Bath Place
Looking along Bath Place.
Image: © Lewis Clarke
Taken: 8 Sep 2021
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The Old Library
Built in 1904 as the town's free library.
Image: © Nick Chipchase
Taken: 28 Apr 2009
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Old Market Centre - Taunton
Image: © Nick Chipchase
Taken: 13 Apr 2009
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View from Bath Place at Taunton
Image: © Nick Chipchase
Taken: 7 Jan 2012
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High Street, Taunton
Image: © Jonathan Thacker
Taken: 6 Oct 2022
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Taunton Dragon (1)
The Taunton Dragon, a 4-metre-high public art sculpture was unveiled on 11 February 2023 in Somerset's county town, Taunton. It was created by local chainsaw artist Matthew Crabb
The Dragon was commissioned by Somerset West and Taunton Council and it replaces two trees that were originally planted in the pedestrianised High Street in the 1970’s. Sadly the trees had to be removed as they had outgrown their brick planters (3 new trees have been planted elsewhere in the area).
The artwork is inspired by the Somerset Dragon which is embedded in Taunton's history. Taunton began as a Saxon village where a dragon is believed to have been the royal emblem of the Anglo-Saxon Kings of Wessex.
Somerset’s flag, Coat of Arms, County Cricket team and the new Somerset Council (which comes into existence on 1 April 2023) are all represented by a dragon. This is disputed though on social media sites, with some adamant that Somerset's emblem is a wyvern (a draconian creature with 2 wings, 2 front legs and a barbed tail).
Image: © Marika Reinholds
Taken: 23 Feb 2023
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Taunton Dragon (2)
The Taunton Dragon, a 4-metre-high public art sculpture was unveiled on 11 February 2023 in Somerset's county town, Taunton. It was created by local chainsaw artist Matthew Crabb
The Dragon was commissioned by Somerset West and Taunton Council and it replaces two trees that were originally planted in the pedestrianised High Street in the 1970’s. Sadly the trees had to be removed as they had outgrown their brick planters (3 new trees have been planted elsewhere in the area).
The artwork is inspired by the Somerset Dragon which is embedded in Taunton's history. Taunton began as a Saxon village where a dragon is believed to have been the royal emblem of the Anglo-Saxon Kings of Wessex.
Somerset’s flag, Coat of Arms, County Cricket team and the new Somerset Council (which comes into existence on 1 April 2023) are all represented by a dragon. This is disputed though on social media sites, with some adamant that Somerset's emblem is a wyvern (a draconian creature with 2 wings, 2 front legs and a barbed tail).
Image: © Marika Reinholds
Taken: 23 Feb 2023
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Suspicious character on the High Street
The Taunton Dragon, a 4-metre-high public art sculpture was unveiled on 11 February 2023 in Somerset's county town, Taunton. It was created by local chainsaw artist Matthew Crabb
The Dragon was commissioned by Somerset West and Taunton Council and it replaces two trees that were originally planted in the pedestrianised High Street in the 1970’s. Sadly the trees had to be removed as they had outgrown their brick planters (3 new trees have been planted elsewhere in the area).
The artwork is inspired by the Somerset Dragon which is embedded in Taunton's history. Taunton began as a Saxon village where a dragon is believed to have been the royal emblem of the Anglo-Saxon Kings of Wessex.
Somerset’s flag, Coat of Arms, County Cricket team and the new Somerset Council (which comes into existence on 1 April 2023) are all represented by a dragon. This is disputed though on social media sites, with some adamant that Somerset's emblem is a wyvern (a draconian creature with 2 wings, 2 front legs and a barbed tail).
Image: © Marika Reinholds
Taken: 23 Feb 2023
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