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Tone Dale House (or Tonedale House) is a Grade II listed country house built in 1801 or 1807 by Thomas Fox in Wellington, Somerset, England.Wellington lies 7 miles (11 km) west of Taunton in the vale of Taunton Deane, 1 mile (1.6 km) from the Devon border.
Brislington House (now known as Long Fox Manor) was built as a private lunatic asylum.When it opened in 1806 it was one of the first purpose-built asylums in England. [2] [6] [7] It is situated on the Bath Road in Brislington, Bristol, although parts of the grounds cross the city boundary into the parish of Keynsham in Bath and North East Somerset.
Sir Liam Fox (born 22 September 1961) is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for International Trade from 2016 to 2019 and Secretary of State for Defence from 2010 to 2011. A member of the Conservative Party, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Somerset, formerly Woodspring, from 1992 to 2024.
North Somerset was re-established for the 1950 general election, and abolished again for the 1983 general election. Third creation Following the review of parliamentary representation in the North Somerset district by the Boundary Commission for England , the former Woodspring constituency was renamed as North Somerset without substantial ...
Tonedale Mills, together with the neighbouring Tone Works, is a large textile mill in Wellington, Somerset, and the largest in South West England.Owned for over 200 years by members of the Fox family (see Fox Brothers), it was most famous for the production of 'Taunton serge', and later the khaki cloth and puttees used by the British Army.
The districts of Somerset are West Somerset, South Somerset, Taunton Deane, Mendip and Sedgemoor. North Somerset and Bath and North East Somerset historically came under Somerset County Council. In 1974 they became part of county of Avon , and in 1996 they became administratively independent when Avon was broken up into unitary authorities.
In addition to Somerset, personnel from Listie, Friedens, Sipesville, Rockwood, Berlin and Meyersdale fire departments and the Somerset and Berlin EMS responded, according to a Somerset County 911 ...
Somerset consists of a non-metropolitan county, administered by Somerset County Council, which is divided into five districts, and two unitary authorities. The districts of Somerset are West Somerset, South Somerset, Taunton Deane, Mendip and Sedgemoor. North Somerset and Bath and North East Somerset historically came under Somerset County Council.