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Langport Great Bow Bridge spanning the River Parrett, Langport, Somerset, Eng.

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Langport, town (parish), South Somerset district, administrative and historic county of Somerset, southwestern England. It lies at the head of the Somerset marshes and for centuries was the main crossing point of the River Parrett. Founded as a royal borough in Saxon times, by 1086 the town had 34 burgesses. It remained in direct communication with the Bristol Channel until the establishment of the port of Bridgwater downstream on the Parrett in 1200. In 1563...

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