Taunton (disambiguation)

Taunton is the county town of Somerset. It may also refer to:

Places

In Great Britain:

• Taunton (UK Parliament constituency), a former parliamentary constituency in Somerset
• 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
• Taunton, a suburb of Ashton-under-Lyne

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

People

• Baron Taunton, defunct British peerage title
• Ethelred Taunton, English Roman Catholic priest
• Kristen Taunton, Canadian field hockey player
• Larry Taunton, American author
• Mack Taunton, vocalist
• Peter Taunton, CEO of Snap Fitness
• Scott Taunton, media executive
• Sussan Taunton, Chilean actress
• William de Taunton, medieval Bishop of Winchester

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

See also

• Tauntaun, a fictional creature in the Star Wars universe (see List of Star Wars creatures#Tauntaun)