Exton

Variant name of place

Exon

Geographic position

51.092222° N, 3.532778° W

Event

Fundraising Tour of Great Britain

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Sources

http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12840. http://exon.name/namehist.html

General note

Exton, Somerset is a village located in the southwest region of England. Somerset borders Bristol, Gloucester, Wiltshire, Dorset, and Devon counties. In a letter to Whitaker, Thomas Ludlow refers to the town of Exon, which is most likely Exton, Somerset, given its proximity to Bristol (where the letter was written). Furthermore, there is speculation that the Somerset dialect favored the pronunciation Exon over Exton. Exton was one intended stop on Occom and Whitaker's fundraising tour of England.