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Taunton (/ ˈ t ɔː n t ən /) is the county town of Somerset, England.It is a market town and has a minster church.Its population in 2011 was 64,621. [2] Its thousand-year history includes a 10th-century monastic foundation, owned by the Bishops of Winchester, which was rebuilt as Taunton Castle by the Normans in the 12th century.
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Taunton Deane was a local government district with borough status in Somerset, England. Its council was based in Taunton . The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972 , by a merger of the Municipal Borough of Taunton , Wellington Urban District , Taunton Rural District , and Wellington Rural District .
Along with the rest of South West England, Somerset has a temperate climate which is generally wetter and milder than the rest of the country. [76] The annual mean temperature is approximately 10 °C (50.0 °F). Seasonal temperature variation is less extreme than most of the United Kingdom because of the adjacent sea temperatures. The summer ...
From 1894-1974, for local government purposes, Creech St Michael was part of Taunton Rural District. [6] It is also part of the Taunton and Wellington county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
From 1894-1974, for local government purposes, Norton Fitzwarren was part of Taunton Rural District. [5] It is also part of the Taunton and Wellington county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Comeytrowe is a south western suburb of Taunton and former civil parish, now in the parish of Taunton in the county of Somerset, England. In 2011 the parish had a population of 5,463. [ 1 ] The parish included the area of Galmington .
Clatworthy is a village and civil parish in the Somerset West and Taunton district of Somerset, England.It is situated 10 miles (16 km) from Wellington and four miles (6 km) from Wiveliscombe on the southern slopes of the Brendon Hills and close to the Exmoor National Park.