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Wells
is a city in the
county
of
Somerset
. It is in the
district
of
Mendip
. The only other
city
in
Somerset
is the much larger
Bath
. In 2018 there were 12,000 people living in Wells.
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Wells Cathedral
is in Wells. The
cathedral
is very popular with visitors to Wells. The cathedral has a school attached to it. The school specializes in music (as well as normal school subjects).
Timothy K. Murray
, composer, was a student there.
The city of Wells is named after springs in the grounds of the Bishop's Palace.
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It is the second smallest city in the United Kingdom after
St Davids
in Wales. The area of Somerset was known in past centuries as a stronghold of taxation avoidance and liquor
smuggling
(from ships wrecked on the coast). In the 18th century the Bishop of Bath and Wells used to travel with half-a-dozen armed soldiers, and no doubt they were needed. The city has been there since Roman times, indeed it was originally a Roman settlement.
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