Somerset (disambiguation)

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Contents 1 Places called Somerset 1.1 Australia 1.2 Bermuda 1.3 Canada 1.4 Singapore 1.5 South Africa 1.6 United States of America 2 People named Somerset 3 Television shows 4 Fictional characters 5 Ships named Somerset 6 Other uses

Somerset is a county in England. It is also a common British surname and, as a result, there are a number or other places in the world named after either the original county or a person called "Somerset" whose family presumably originated from the county (see list below).

Somerset may also refer to:

[edit] Places called Somerset

[edit] Australia

• Somerset, Tasmania
• Lake Somerset in Queensland
• Somerset, Queensland

[edit] Bermuda

• Somerset Island, Bermuda
• Somerset, Bermuda (Somerset Parish)

[edit] Canada

• Somerset Island
• Somerset Ward
• Somerset, Calgary, a neighborhood in Calgary, Alberta.

[edit] Singapore

• Somerset MRT Station

[edit] South Africa

• Somerset West, Western Cape
• Somerset East

[edit] United States of America

• Somerset, Colorado
• Somerset, Indiana
• Somerset, Kentucky
• Somerset, Maryland
• Somerset, Massachusetts
• Somerset Township, Michigan
• Somerset Township, Minnesota
• Somerset, New Jersey
• Somerset, New York
• Somerset, Ohio
• Somerset, Pennsylvania
• Somerset Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
• Somerset Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania
• Somerset, Texas
• Somerset, Vermont
• Somerset, Virginia
• Somerset (town), Wisconsin
  • Somerset, Wisconsin (village)
• Somerset County, Maine
• Somerset County, Maryland
• Somerset County, New Jersey
• Somerset County, Pennsylvania
  • Somerset Wind Farm
• Somerset Collection, a mall in Troy, Michigan
• Somerset (SEPTA station), a rapid-transit station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

[edit] People named Somerset

• Duke of Somerset
• FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan
• Henry Somerset, 9th Duke of Beaufort
• James Somersett, slave who was party to the Somersett Case of 1772, abolishing slavery in England

[edit] Television shows

• Somerset (TV series), a spinoff of Another World
• 11 Somerset , a Canadian science fiction show

[edit] Fictional characters

• Somerset (In Death), a character in J.D. Robb/Nora Roberts detective In Death series

[edit] Ships named Somerset

• HMS Somerset
• USS Somerset

[edit] Other uses

• "Somerset", an alteration of somersault (mentioned, e.g., in the Beatles song "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!": '"And Mr. H. will demonstrate/Ten somersets he'll undertake on solid ground.")
• Somerset (band), a rock band from Minnesota, USA
• 100-pounder Somerset, a type of naval cannon used in the nineteenth century
• Somerset House, a Neoclassical building in London
• Somerset Patriots, an Atlantic League baseball team in Bridgewater, New Jersey
• Somerset Books, UK publishing firm
• Buick Somerset, an automobile produced by General Motors