Stawell, Somerset

Stawell
Stone building with small square tower. In the foreground is a road and wall.
Stawell church
Stawell
 Stawell shown within Somerset
Population 386 [1]
OS grid referenceST365385
DistrictSedgemoor
Shire countySomerset
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town BRIDGWATER
Postcode district TA7
Dialling code 01278
Police Avon and Somerset
Fire Devon and Somerset
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK ParliamentBridgwater and West Somerset
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Coordinates: 51°08′31″N 2°54′32″W / 51.142°N 2.909°W

Stawell is a village and civil parish 4.5 miles (7 km) miles north east of Bridgwater, and 2 miles (3 km) north west of Moorlinch, in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, England.

The parish includes the village of Sutton Mallet.

Governance

The parish council has responsibility for local issues, including setting an annual precept (local rate) to cover the council’s operating costs and producing annual accounts for public scrutiny. The parish council evaluates local planning applications and works with the local police, district council officers, and neighbourhood watch groups on matters of crime, security, and traffic. The parish council's role also includes initiating projects for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, as well as consulting with the district council on the maintenance, repair, and improvement of highways, drainage, footpaths, public transport, and street cleaning. Conservation matters (including trees and listed buildings) and environmental issues are also the responsibility of the council.

The village falls within the Non-metropolitan district of Sedgemoor, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having previously been part of Bridgwater Rural District,[2] which is responsible for local planning and building control, local roads, council housing, environmental health, markets and fairs, refuse collection and recycling, cemeteries and crematoria, leisure services, parks, and tourism.

Somerset County Council is responsible for running the largest and most expensive local services such as education, social services, libraries, main roads, public transport, policing and fire services, trading standards, waste disposal and strategic planning.

It is also part of the Bridgwater and West Somerset 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, and part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which elects seven MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.

Religious sites

Stawell Church dates from the 13th century and has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building.[3]

Sutton Mallet Church which has a church dating from 1829 on the site of an earlier church. It is Grade II listed.[4] The church is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Statistics for Wards, LSOAs and Parishes — SUMMARY Profiles" (EXCEL). Somerset Intelligence. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Brdigwater RD". A vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "Stawell Church". Images of England. Retrieved 2008-02-08.
  4. ↑ "Sutton Mallet Church". Images of England. English Heritage. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
  5. ↑ "Sutton Mallet, Bridgwater". Churches Conservation Trust. Retrieved 2010-01-14.

External links

Media related to Stawell, Somerset at Wikimedia Commons