Taunton Deane

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.

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

The district was given the name of an alternative 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. The new district would not be a unitary authority, with Somerset County Council still performing its functions. In March 2018 both councils voted in favour of the merger and it came into effect on 1 April 2019, with the first elections to the new council in May 2019. The new district was known as Somerset West and Taunton.

Governance

The district was governed by Taunton Deane Borough Council, and had periods of both Conservative and Liberal Democrat control, as well as times under no overall control. At the final election in 2015, the Conservatives gained an increased majority on the council.

PartySeats HeldNet Gain/LossVotes ReceivedConservative36+849,934Liberal Democrat14-939,608Independent3+15,310Labour2-19,268UKIP1+11,349

Settlements

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

Ash Priors - Ashbrittle Bathealton - Bickenhall - Bishop's Hull - Bishops Lydeard - Bradford-on-Tone - Burrowbridge Cheddon Fitzpaine - Chipstable - Churchstanton - Combe Florey - Comeytrowe - Corfe - Cotford St Luke - 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

Parishes Part of the former Taunton Municipal Borough is unparished.

Image Name Status Population Former local authority Coordinates Refs AshbrittleCivil parish 225 Wellington Rural District Ash Priors Civil parish 155 Taunton Rural District Bathealton Civil parish 194 Wellington Rural District Bickenhall Civil parish 122 Taunton Rural District Bishop's Hull Civil parish 2,975 Taunton Rural District Bishops Lydeard Civil parish 2,839(includes Cotford St Luke) Taunton Rural District Bradford-on-Tone Civil parish 622 Wellington Rural District Burrowbridge Civil parish 508 Taunton Rural District Cheddon Fitzpaine Civil parish 1,929 Taunton Rural District Chipstable Civil parish 309 Wellington Rural District Churchstanton Civil parish 752 Taunton Rural District Combe Florey Civil parish 261 Taunton Rural District Comeytrowe Civil parish 5,463 Taunton Municipal BoroughTaunton Rural District Corfe Civil parish 253 Taunton Rural District Cotford St Luke Civil parish created post-census Taunton Rural District Cothelstone Civil parish 111 Taunton Rural District Creech St Michael Civil parish 2,416 Taunton Rural District Curland Civil parish 225 Taunton Rural District Durston Civil parish 136 Taunton Rural District Fitzhead Civil parish 264 Wellington Rural District Halse Civil parish 290 Taunton Rural District Hatch Beauchamp Civil parish 620 Taunton Rural District Kingston St Mary Civil parish 921Taunton Rural District Langford Budville Civil parish 535 Wellington Rural District Lydeard St Lawrence Civil parish 506 Taunton Rural District Milverton Civil parish 1,438Wellington Rural District North Curry Civil parish 1,640 Taunton Rural District Norton Fitzwarren Civil parish 3,046 Taunton Rural District Nynehead Civil parish 415 Wellington Rural District Oake Civil parish 765 Wellington Rural District Orchard Portman Civil parish 150 Taunton Rural District Otterford Civil parish 356 Taunton Rural District Pitminster Civil parish 956 Taunton Rural District Ruishton Civil parish 1,473 Taunton Rural District Sampford Arundel Civil parish 268 Wellington Rural District Staple Fitzpaine Civil parish 189 Taunton Rural District Staplegrove Civil parish 1,649 Taunton Rural District Stawley Civil parish 279 Wellington Rural District Stoke St Gregory Civil parish 942 Taunton Rural District Stoke St Mary Civil parish 421 Taunton Rural District Thornfalcon Civil parish 119 Taunton Rural District Tolland Civil parish 81 Taunton Rural District Trull Civil parish 2,288 Taunton Rural District Wellington Town 13,822 Wellington Urban District – Wellington Without Civil parish 727 Wellington Rural District West Bagborough Civil parish 358 Taunton Rural District West Buckland Civil parish 1,189 Wellington Rural District West Hatch Civil parish 306 Taunton Rural District West Monkton Civil parish 2,787 Taunton Rural District Wiveliscombe Town 2,893 Wellington Rural District

Demography Population ProfileUK Census 2001 Taunton Deane South West England EnglandTotal population102,2994,928,43449,138,831Foreign 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.

Taunton formed 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.

The figures below are for the Taunton Deane area.

Population since 1801 - Source: A Vision of Britain through TimeYear18011851190119111921193119411951196119711981199120012011Population Taunton Deane33,13951,84453,75955,66656,16156,66162,74569,49275,32081,63984,79595,791102,304110,546

Education

County schools (those which are not independent) in the five non-metropolitan districts of the county were 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

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