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. ^[1]

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. ^[2]

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. ^[3]

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