Taunton is the largest town in the county of Somerset & boasts a rich & fascinating history that can be archaeologically traced back to the Bronze & Iron Ages. The Saxons & Normans events such as the English Civil War & Monmouth Rebellion the medieval cloth trade the Victorian era & twentieth-century planners have all left their mark on the town. This book combines more than ninety archive photographs & old picture postcards of the streets buildings & people of Taunton with contemporary photographs of the town as it looks now. In this volume you can see Taunton as your forefathers may have seen it; compare those scenes with images of the town today & discover something of the rich history that Taunton the county town of Somerset has to offer.