Its industries include the manufacture of textiles, shirts, gloves, and precision instruments. Taunton is also a market and railroad junction.
Tourism is economically important.
In 1685, after Monmouth's Rebellion, Baron Jeffreys of Wem held the Bloody Assizes in Taunton. Listing from Electric Library , a pay service. No relevant pictures or maps found. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright 2000, Columbia University Press. Copyright 2001 Infonautics Corporation .