Proper noun
A village in Somerset, England, in the past a Roman town and market town.
an English earldom.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgSomerton temporarily became the county town in the late thirteenth century, when the shire courts and county gaol were moved from Ilchester. Source: Internet
The road from Dorchester ran through Yeovil to meet the Fosse Way at Ilchester. Source: Internet