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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.
Somerset West and Taunton was a local government district in Somerset, England, from 2019 to 2023. It was established on 1 April 2019 by the Somerset West and Taunton (Local Government Changes) Order 2018. [2] [3] The council replaced the Taunton Deane and West Somerset councils, which governed the same area from 1974.
Taunton Deane was a local government district with borough status in Somerset, England. It merged with West Somerset to form Somerset West and Taunton on 1 April 2019. 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 ...
After Taunton became a municipal borough in 1885, [12] civic leaders decided to acquire the vacant grammar school building in Corporation Street and to convert it for municipal use in 1887. [2] In order to create extra capacity for council officers, the building was significantly extended to the west in 1904.
The TA postcode area, also known as the Taunton postcode area, [2] is a group of 24 postcode districts in South West England, within 19 post towns.These cover western Somerset (including Taunton, Bridgwater, Burnham-on-Sea, Chard, Crewkerne, Dulverton, Highbridge, Hinton St George, Ilminster, Langport, Martock, Merriott, Minehead, Montacute, Somerton, South Petherton, Stoke-sub-Hamdon, Watchet ...
Somerset West and Taunton was local government district in Somerset, England, created in 2019 and abolished in 2023. Subcategories. This category has the following 4 ...
Vivary Park is a public open space in Taunton, Somerset, England.. The Sherford Stream, a tributary of the River Tone, flows through the 7.5 hectares (19 acres) park, [1] which is located near the centre of the town.
Sir Benjamin Hammet was born in Taunton around 1736, and was a Member of Parliament for the town from 1782 until his death in 1800. [2] In the late 1780s, a number of Acts of Parliament were passed to make improvement to town and city centres, [3] and Hammet carried such an Improvement Act for Taunton through in 1788.