Portal:Somerset/Did you know/17

From Wikipedia's "Did You Know" archives:
 * ... that Vicars' Close, Wells (pictured) was called "that rarest of survivals, a planned street of the mid-14th century" by John Julius Norwich?
 * ... that the history of transport in Somerset has gone from the Sweet Track, an ancient causeway, to a modern international airport?
 * ... that near the altar of the Church of St Mary Magdalene in Chewton Mendip, Somerset, England, there is a stone seat for criminals taking sanctuary in the church?
 * ... that Vivary Park in Somerset, England, is named for the medieval fish farm, or vivarium, for Taunton Priory on which it was laid out?
 * ... that 2,273 passengers booked travel from Templecombe railway station, England in 1982, despite it being closed from 1966 to 1983?