Talk:River Somer

Assessment
Assessed as stub and low importance for WP:WikiProject Rivers. Needs further referencing, map and could benefit from expanding into structure as suggested at project page. Jezhotwells (talk) 19:06, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Origin of name 'Somer'...?
Lots about Midsomer, but what about Somer itself? Arminden (talk) 05:00, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

Look up the 'Toponymy' paragraphs at Somerset and Somerton, Somerset. Arminden (talk) 05:11, 9 June 2019 (UTC)


 * I live in Midsomer Norton. In my experience locals don't call it the River Somer, they call it "the brook".  I have heard a local story that that is what it was known as till Victorian cartographers from London turned up and asked locals what the river was called.  When they responded "the brook", the outsiders thought they couldn't put that on a map, so speculated that the town's name might indicate a position on the river, and named the river "Somer".  I know this is anecdotal and I can't find a reliable source, but to local people I think this would have the ring of truth.  Peteinterpol (talk) 09:51, 10 June 2019 (UTC)