Wincanton
Sign in to saveWincanton ( or ) is a town and civil parish in Somerset, southwest England. The town lies off the A303 road, a main route between London and South West England, and has some light industry. In the 2021 census the civil parish had a population of 6,573.
Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- Wincanton high street.jpg
- UK place.static_image_alt
- Street scene with white and pink buildings.
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- Wincanton High Street
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Wincanton
- UK place.population
- 6,573
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 census)
- UK place.unitary_england
- Somerset Council
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- Somerset
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Glastonbury and Somerton
- UK place.post_town
- Wincanton
- UK place.postcode_district
- BA9
- UK place.postcode_area
- BA
- UK place.dial_code
- 01963
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- ST712286
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Wincanton ( or ) is a town and civil parish in Somerset, southwest England. The town lies off the A303 road, a main route between London and South West England, and has some light industry. In the 2021 census the civil parish had a population of 6,573.
==Toponymy== The name of Wincanton is first attested in 1084, in the forms Wincainietone and Wincautone. In the Domesday Book of 1086, the name is spelled Wincaleton. The town's name comes from the name of the River Cale, which runs through the town and was in Old English called , combined with the Old English word , "estate, settlement". It thus once meant "estate on the River Cale".