The Somerset Championships was a men's and women's international grass court tennis tournament founded as the West Somerset Archery and Lawn Tennis Tournament in 1881 at Taunton, Somerset, England. In 1886 it was elevated to a county level event and renamed the Somerset County Lawn Tennis Championships. the tournament ran annually until 1984. History In 1881 the West Somerset Archery and Lawn Tennis Society established a tennis tournament at Taunton, Somerset, England. In 1886 that event became the Somerset County Lawn Tennis Championships. The championships were staged annually until 1984. When this tournament was held in Burnham-on-Sea it was held in conjunction with the Burnham-on-Sea Championships. Location and Venues The tournament was first held in Taunton at the West Somerset Lawn Tennis Club an associate club of the West Somerset Archery and Lawn Tennis Society, with later editions being held in Burnham-on-Sea at the Avenue Tennis Club and Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England. References Defunct tennis tournaments in the United Kingdom Grass court tennis tournaments Tennis tournaments in England