Taunton Deane
Taunton Deane is a
local government district with
borough status in
Somerset,
England. Its council is based in
Taunton.
The district was formed on
April 1,
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 Deane's control of Wellington is opposed by some in the town, who feel that the town is big enough to be looked after by its own mayor, and have its own town council & parliamentary seats.
The district was given the name of an alternate form of the
Taunton hundred.
Settlements in bold have a
town charter or a
population over 2,500.
*
Ash Priors -
Ashbrittle*
Bathealton -
Bickenhall -
Bishops Hull -
Bishops Lydeard -
Bradford on Tone -
Burrowbridge*
Cheddon Fitzpaine -
Chipstable -
Churchstanton -
Combe Florey -
Comeytrowe -
Corfe -
Cothelstone -
Creech St Michael -
Curland*
Durston*
Fitzhead*
Halse -
Hatch Beauchamp*
Kingston St Mary*
Langford Budville -
Lydeard St Lawrence*
Milverton*
North Curry -
Norton Fitzwarren -
Nynehead*
Oake -
Orchard Portman -
Otterford*
Pitminster*
Ruishton*
Sampford Arundel -
Staple Fitzpaine -
Staplegrove -
Stawley -
Stoke St Gregory -
Stoke St Mary*
Taunton -
Thornfalcon -
Tolland -
Trull*
Wellington -
West Bagborough -
West Buckland -
West Monkton -
Wiveliscombe*
Somerset County Council*
Taunton Deane Borough Council*
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