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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.
English: Taunton town centre, Somerset, England. Date: 14 November 2017, 11:01:08: Source: Own work: Author: Simon Burchell: ... This file contains additional ...
In the late 18th century, the Taunton Market House Society formed with the aim of improving Taunton town centre, most notably the Market House. [3] Benjamin Hammet, a prominent member of the society, was elected as a Member of Parliament for Taunton in 1782, and tried to start clearing the slums in the town centre. [3]
English: Taunton town centre, Somerset, England. Date: 14 November 2017, 11:08:02: Source: Own work: Author: Simon Burchell: ... This file contains additional ...
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.
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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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 ...