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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.
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 .
Taunton and Wellington is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [2] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies , it was first contested at the 2024 general election , [ 3 ] with Gideon Amos of the Liberal Democrats taking the seat with a majority of 11,939.
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, 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.
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.
Lydeard St Lawrence or St Lawrence Lydiard is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 7 miles (11.3 km) north west of Taunton. The village has a population of 506. [ 1 ] The parish includes the hamlets of Westowe , Hoccombe and Pyleigh , with its 16th century manor house.
The road merges with the A38 from Junction 27 of the M5 until Taunton.The rest of the road, from there to Swindon, is largely county-road class. It crosses the Somerset Levels separating Curry Moor from North Moor and Salt Moor, where in flood conditions such as the winter of 2012/2013 the Athelney spillway runs across the road [4] if the drain level at Curry Moor pumping station exceeds 7.1m ...