Taunton Deane

Not to be confused with Taunton Deane (UK Parliamentary Constituency)

Taunton Deane
Non-metropolitan district

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Shown within Somerset
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Constituent country England
Region South West England
Ceremonial county Somerset
Admin HQ Taunton
Created 1 April 1974
Government
 • Type Non-metropolitan district
 • Leader John Williams
 • Council Conservative
 • MPs: Rebecca Pow (Con)
Area
 • Total 178.87 sq mi (463.26 km2)
Population (mid-2016 est.)
 • Total 115,500 (Ranked 199th)
Time zone GMT (UTC0)
 • Summer (DST) BST (UTC+1)
Post Code TA1-4
Area code(s) 01823
Website http://www.tauntondeane.gov.uk/

Taunton Deane is a local government district with borough status in Somerset, England. Its council is 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.

Taunton Deane was granted borough status in 1975, perpetuating the mayoralty of Taunton.[1]

The district was given the name of an alternate form of the Taunton Deane Hundred.

In September 2016, West Somerset and Taunton Deane councils agreed in principle to merge the districts into one (with one council) subject to consultation.[2] It is planned to achieve this on 1 April 2019 with the first elections to the new council in May 2019. The new district would not be a unitary authority, with Somerset County Council still performing its functions.[3]

Governance

The region is governed by Taunton Dean Borough Council, with the most recent election resulting in the Conservatives gaining an increased majority on the council.[4]

PartySeats HeldNet Gain/Loss Votes Received
Conservative36+8 49,934
Liberal Democrat14-9 39,608
Independent3+1 5,310
Labour2-1 9,268
UKIP1+1 1,349

Settlements

Settlements in bold have a town charter or a population over 2,500.

Parishes

Part of the former Taunton Municipal Borough is unparished.

Image Name Status Population Former local authority Coordinates Refs
Old yew tree AshbrittleCivil parish 225 Wellington Rural District50°59′N 3°21′W / 50.98°N 3.35°W / 50.98; -3.35 (Ashbrittle) [5][6]
Red stone building with square tower. Ash Priors Civil parish 155 Taunton Rural District 51°04′N 3°13′W / 51.06°N 3.21°W / 51.06; -3.21 (Ash Priors) [5][7]
Road junction with house on the right of the road. On the left is a churchyard behind a wall accessed via steps. Bathealton Civil parish 194 Wellington Rural District 51°01′N 3°19′W / 51.01°N 3.31°W / 51.01; -3.31 (Bathealton) [5][6]
A few buildings scattered amongst fields and trees. Bickenhall Civil parish 122 Taunton Rural District 50°58′N 3°02′W / 50.96°N 3.03°W / 50.96; -3.03 (Bickenhall) [7]
Yellow stone house with tall chimneys behind brick wall. Bishop's Hull Civil parish 2,975 Taunton Rural District 51°01′N 3°08′W / 51.02°N 3.14°W / 51.02; -3.14 (Bishop's Hull) [5][7]
Red stone building with square tower. In the foreground is a graveyard. Bishops Lydeard Civil parish 2,839
(includes Cotford St Luke) 		Taunton Rural District 51°04′N 3°11′W / 51.06°N 3.19°W / 51.06; -3.19 (Bishops Lydeard) [5][7]
Stone building with square tower. Bradford on Tone Civil parish 622 Wellington Rural District 51°00′N 3°11′W / 51.00°N 3.18°W / 51.00; -3.18 (Bradford on Tone) [5][6]
Arched bridge with metal railing. Sign showing River Parrett, Burrow Bridge. Burrowbridge Civil parish 508 Taunton Rural District 51°04′N 2°55′W / 51.07°N 2.92°W / 51.07; -2.92 (Burrowbridge) [5][7]
Large tree on the left of a field in the foreground with buildings in the distance. Cheddon Fitzpaine Civil parish 1,929 Taunton Rural District 51°02′N 3°05′W / 51.04°N 3.08°W / 51.04; -3.08 (Cheddon Fitzpaine) [5][7]
Houses and fields be3side a country lane. Chipstable Civil parish 309 Wellington Rural District 51°02′N 3°22′W / 51.04°N 3.37°W / 51.04; -3.37 (Chipstable) [5][6]
Stone building with square tower, partially obscured by trees. Churchstanton Civil parish 752 Taunton Rural District 50°55′N 3°09′W / 50.92°N 3.15°W / 50.92; -3.15 (Churchstanton) [5][7]
Street scene with houses and trees separated from the road by a stone wall. Combe Florey Civil parish 261 Taunton Rural District 51°05′N 3°13′W / 51.08°N 3.21°W / 51.08; -3.21 (Combe Florey) [5][7]
Multiple reddish brown roofs of houses. A church tower is visible in the distance. Comeytrowe Civil parish 5,463 Taunton Municipal Borough
Taunton Rural District 		51°01′N 3°08′W / 51.01°N 3.13°W / 51.01; -3.13 (Comeytrowe) [5][7]
Celtic pattern stone cross in the foreground with trees and houses in the background. Corfe Civil parish 253 Taunton Rural District 50°58′N 3°05′W / 50.97°N 3.09°W / 50.97; -3.09 (Corfe) [5][7]
Modern suburban housing estate with cars parked. Cotford St Luke Civil parish created post-census Taunton Rural District 51°02′21″N 3°11′19″W / 51.0392°N 3.1886°W / 51.0392; -3.1886 (Corfe) [7]
Large house seen through trees. Cothelstone Civil parish 111 Taunton Rural District 51°05′N 3°10′W / 51.08°N 3.16°W / 51.08; -3.16 (Cothelstone) [5][7]
Bridge over still water with a house to the right. Creech St Michael Civil parish 2,416 Taunton Rural District 51°01′N 3°02′W / 51.02°N 3.04°W / 51.02; -3.04 (Creech St Michael) [5][7]
White painted building with arched windows. In the foreground are gravestones. Curland Civil parish 225 Taunton Rural District 50°57′N 3°02′W / 50.95°N 3.03°W / 50.95; -3.03 (Curland) [5][7]
Stone building with square tower and arched windows. Durston Civil parish 136 Taunton Rural District 51°03′N 3°01′W / 51.05°N 3.01°W / 51.05; -3.01 (Durston) [5][7]
Reddish building with square tower. Fitzhead Civil parish 264 Wellington Rural District 51°03′N 3°16′W / 51.05°N 3.26°W / 51.05; -3.26 (Fitzhead) [5][6]
Reddish stone building with square tower. Halse Civil parish 290 Taunton Rural District 51°02′N 3°14′W / 51.04°N 3.23°W / 51.04; -3.23 (Halse, Somerset) [5][7]
Gray stone building with square tower and slate roof. Hatch Beauchamp Civil parish 620 Taunton Rural District 50°59′N 2°59′W / 50.98°N 2.99°W / 50.98; -2.99 (Hatch Beauchamp) [7]
Gray stone building with ornate square tower and slate roof. In the foreground are gravestones. Kingston St Mary Civil parish 921Taunton Rural District 51°04′N 3°07′W / 51.06°N 3.11°W / 51.06; -3.11 (Kingston St Mary) [5][7]
Church tower seen across fields Langford Budville Civil parish 535 Wellington Rural District 51°00′N 3°16′W / 51.00°N 3.27°W / 51.00; -3.27 (Langford Budville) [5][6]
Reddish building with square tower. Lydeard St Lawrence Civil parish 506 Taunton Rural District 51°05′N 3°15′W / 51.09°N 3.25°W / 51.09; -3.25 (Lydeard St Lawrence) [5][7]
Reddish stone building with square tower. In the foreground are a cross and lamppost.| Milverton Civil parish 1,438Wellington Rural District 51°01′N 3°15′W / 51.02°N 3.25°W / 51.02; -3.25 (Milverton, Somerset) [5][6]
Ornate church building with hexagonal tower. North Curry Civil parish 1,640 Taunton Rural District 51°01′N 2°58′W / 51.02°N 2.96°W / 51.02; -2.96 (North Curry) [5][7]
Stone building with square tower. Norton Fitzwarren Civil parish 3,046 Taunton Rural District 51°01′N 3°09′W / 51.02°N 3.15°W / 51.02; -3.15 (Norton Fitzwarren) [5][7]
Reddish building with square tower. Nynehead Civil parish 415 Wellington Rural District 50°59′N 3°14′W / 50.99°N 3.23°W / 50.99; -3.23 (Nynehead) [5][6]
Red stone church with square tower. Oake Civil parish 765 Wellington Rural District 51°01′N 3°13′W / 51.02°N 3.21°W / 51.02; -3.21 (Oake) [5][6]
Red stone building with grey square tower. Orchard Portman Civil parish 150 Taunton Rural District 50°59′N 3°05′W / 50.99°N 3.08°W / 50.99; -3.08 (Orchard Portman) [5][7]
Stone building with sqauer tower. Otterford Civil parish 356 Taunton Rural District 50°55′N 3°06′W / 50.92°N 3.10°W / 50.92; -3.10 (Otterford) [5][7]
Pitminster Civil parish 956 Taunton Rural District 50°58′N 3°07′W / 50.97°N 3.11°W / 50.97; -3.11 (Pitminster) [5][7]
Stone building with square tower showing across fields. Ruishton Civil parish 1,473 Taunton Rural District 51°01′N 3°03′W / 51.02°N 3.05°W / 51.02; -3.05 (Ruishton) [5][7]
Several houses and school behind fields and hedgerows. Sampford Arundel Civil parish 268 Wellington Rural District 50°58′N 3°17′W / 50.96°N 3.28°W / 50.96; -3.28 (Sampford Arundel) [5][6]
Stone manor house with tall chimneys. In front of the house are gardens and trees. Staple Fitzpaine Civil parish 189 Taunton Rural District 50°58′N 3°03′W / 50.96°N 3.05°W / 50.96; -3.05 (Staple Fitzpaine) [5][7]
Stone building with square tower. In the foreground are gravestones and trees. Staplegrove Civil parish 1,649 Taunton Rural District 51°02′N 3°07′W / 51.03°N 3.12°W / 51.03; -3.12 (Staplegrove) [5][7]
A village of houses nestled in rolling green hills. Stawley Civil parish 279 Wellington Rural District 51°00′N 3°20′W / 51.00°N 3.33°W / 51.00; -3.33 (Stawley) [5][6]
Stone building with hexagonal tower topped by a short spirelet. Stoke St Gregory Civil parish 942 Taunton Rural District 51°02′N 2°56′W / 51.04°N 2.94°W / 51.04; -2.94 (Stoke St Gregory) [5][7]
Stone building with square tower. Stoke St Mary Civil parish 421 Taunton Rural District 50°59′N 3°03′W / 50.99°N 3.05°W / 50.99; -3.05 (Stoke St Mary) [5][7]
White building with square tower. Thornfalcon Civil parish 119 Taunton Rural District 51°01′N 3°01′W / 51.01°N 3.02°W / 51.01; -3.02 (Thornfalcon) [5][7]
Stone building with square tower. Tolland Civil parish 81 Taunton Rural District 51°05′N 3°17′W / 51.08°N 3.28°W / 51.08; -3.28 (Tolland, Somerset) [7]
Stone building with square tower. Trull Civil parish 2,288 Taunton Rural District 51°00′N 3°07′W / 51.00°N 3.12°W / 51.00; -3.12 (Trull) [5][7]
Roofs of several houses with the square tower of the church prominent amongst them. In the background are fields and hills. Wellington Town 13,822 Wellington Urban District 50°59′N 3°13′W / 50.98°N 3.22°W / 50.98; -3.22 (Wellington, Somerset) [5][8]
– Wellington Without Civil parish 727 Wellington Rural District 50°58′N 3°14′W / 50.96°N 3.23°W / 50.96; -3.23 (Wellington Without) [5][6]
White painted building to the right of the road, with a sign saying The Rising Sun. West Bagborough Civil parish 358 Taunton Rural District 51°05′N 3°11′W / 51.09°N 3.18°W / 51.09; -3.18 (West Bagborough) [5][7]
Stone building with square tower and stair turret. West Buckland Civil parish 1,189 Wellington Rural District 50°59′N 3°11′W / 50.98°N 3.18°W / 50.98; -3.18 (West Buckland) [5][6]
Stone church with square tower West Hatch Civil parish 306 Taunton Rural District 50°59′N 3°01′W / 50.98°N 3.02°W / 50.98; -3.02 (West Hatch) [5][7]
Stone building with square tower, partially obscured by trees. West Monkton Civil parish 2,787 Taunton Rural District 51°03′N 3°03′W / 51.05°N 3.05°W / 51.05; -3.05 (West Monkton) [5][7]
Street scene with buildings and shops. The three-storey building on the left has a sign saying The Courthouse. Wiveliscombe Town 2,893 Wellington Rural District 51°02′N 3°19′W / 51.04°N 3.31°W / 51.04; -3.31 (Wiveliscombe) [5][6]

Demography

Population Profile[9]
UK Census 2001 Taunton Deane South West England England
Total population102,2994,928,43449,138,831
Foreign born4.1%9.4%9.2%
White98.4%97.7%91%
Asian0.4%0.7%4.6%
Black0.2%0.4%2.3%
Christian75.9%74.0%72%
Muslim0.3%0.5%3.1%
Hindu0.1%0.2%1.1%
No religion15.7%16.8%15%
Over 75 years old9.5%9.3%7.5%
Unemployed2.4%2.6%3.3%

The town of Taunton (which for population estimates includes the unparished area - or former municipal borough - plus the neighbouring parishes of Bishop's Hull, Comeytrowe, Norton Fitzwarren, Staplegrove, Trull and West Monkton) had an estimated population of 61,400 in 2001.[10]

Taunton forms part of the larger borough of Taunton Deane which also includes the town of Wellington and surrounding villages. Taunton Deane had an estimated population of 102,600 in 2001.[11]

The figures below are for the Taunton Deane area.

Population since 1801 - Source: A Vision of Britain through Time
Year 1801 1851 1901 1911 1921 1931 1941 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001
Population Taunton Deane[12] 33,139 51,844 53,759 55,666 56,161 56,661 62,745 69,492 75,320 81,639 84,795 95,791 102,304

Education

County schools (those which are not independent) in the five non-metropolitan districts of the county are operated by Somerset County Council, or are independent of the council and run as academies.

For a full list of schools see: List of schools in Somerset

See also

References

  1. ↑ "About the Mayor". Taunton Deane Borough Council. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
  2. ↑ West Somerset Online
  3. ↑ Your New Council
  4. ↑ UK, Taunton Deane Borough council,. "Election results in May 2015". www1.tauntondeane.gov.uk. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 "Statistics for Wards, LSOAs and Parishes — SUMMARY Profiles" (Excel). Somerset Intelligence. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Wellington RD". A vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 "Taunton RD". A vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  8. ↑ "Wellington UD". A vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  9. ↑ United Kingdom Census 2001 (2001). "Key Figures for 2001 Census: Census Area Statistics: Area: Bath and North East Somerset". statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 2007-12-12.
  10. ↑ "Mid Year Population Estimates for Towns" (PDF). Somerset County Council. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
  11. ↑ "Population Summary" (PDF). Somerset County Council. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
  12. ↑ "Taunton Deane: Total Population". A Vision of Britain Through Time. Great Britain Historical GIS Project. Retrieved 2008-01-19.
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