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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 .
The parish of Stoke St Gregory was part of the North Curry Hundred. [2] The manor was held, with North Curry, from 1190 by the dean and chapter of Wells Cathedral. [3]The parish includes the Willows and Wetlands visitor centre which offers tours of more than 80 acres (0.12 sq mi) of withies, willow yards and basket workshops and explains the place of willow in the history of the Somerset Levels.
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.
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 ...
Burrow Mump is also known as St Michael's Borough or Tutteyate. [4] Both words 'burrow' and 'mump' mean hill. [5] There is also an alternative translation for the name 'burrows' deriving from 'burh helow' meaning 'the refuge fort' and munp meaning 'a hill' so this becomes 'the refuge fort on the hill', this is very near Lyng which is where one of the Burghal Hideage forts recorded for King ...
On 1 December 2007, Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust became a Foundation Trust. As a Foundation Trust, the hospital was given greater freedoms over its finances and the 5,200 people who have registered as members were given a greater role to play in the future direction of the hospital. [10] The Beacon Centre for cancer services opened in May 2009.