Wootton Courtenay

Wootton Courtenay
Stone building with square tower. In the foreground are gravestones.
Church of All Saints, Wootton Courtenay
Wootton Courtenay
 Wootton Courtenay shown within Somerset
Population 264 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSS938432
DistrictWest Somerset
Shire countySomerset
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town MINEHEAD
Postcode district TA24
Dialling code 01643
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°10′43″N 3°31′10″W / 51.1785°N 3.5195°W / 51.1785; -3.5195

Wootton Courtenay is a village and civil parish on Exmoor in the West Somerset district of Somerset, England. The parish includes the village of Huntscott.

The village lies on the route of the Macmillan Way West and the Celtic Way Exmoor Option.

History

Wootton was part of the hundred of Carhampton.[2]

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 West Somerset, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having previously been part of Williton Rural District.[3] The district council 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

The Church of All Saints dates from the 13th century and has been designated by English Heritage as a grade I listed building.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Statistics for Wards, LSOAs and Parishes — SUMMARY Profiles" (Excel). Somerset Intelligence. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Carhampton Hundred". Domesday Map. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  3. ↑ "Williton RD". A vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Church of All Saints". Images of England. Retrieved 3 February 2008.

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