Midsomer Norton

Midsomer Norton is a town in Somerset, it has a population of 10,458. Along with Radstock it is part of the conurbation and large civil parish of Norton Radstock, and the unitary authority of Bath and North East Somerset.

The town, on the Mendip Hills has a long history, shown by the early churches, but really started to grow, and become a transport hub, with the development of the Somerset coalfield with several pits providing employment until their closure in the 1960s.(The last pits to close were at Haydon & Lower Writhlington in 1973 - both in Radstock!)

The town's railway stations have also closed. Midsomer Norton is now home to printing and other industries and provides shopping and service industries for the surrounding area.

It has a rich cultural history and supports several music venues and bands. The town has four primary schools, two large secondary schools and a further education college. Midsomer Norton is home to a leisure centre and several sports clubs. It has been the birth place or home to several notable people one of which was Arthur Waugh (1866 – 1943),he was an English author, literary critic, and publisher, he was also the father of the writers Alec and Evelyn Waugh.