Templecombe
Templecombe is a town in Somerset, England, situated on the A357 road five miles southern of Wincanton, 12 miles (19 kilometres) east of Yeovil, and also 30 miles (48 kilometres) west of Salisbury. The town has a population of 1,560. Along with the district of Combe Throop it creates the parish of Abbas and Templecombe. The Abbas and also Templecombe parish council has obligation for local problems, including establishing an annual principle (local price) to cover the council's operating costs and also producing annual accounts for public scrutiny. The parish council reviews local preparation applications as well as collaborates with the neighborhood authorities, area council policemans, and neighbourhood watch teams on matters of crime, security, and traffic. The church council's function also consists of initiating projects for the repair and maintenance of church facilities, along with speaking with the district council on the upkeep, repair work, as well as enhancement of highways, drain, footpaths, public transportation, and street cleaning. Conservation issues (consisting of trees as well as provided structures) and environmental concerns are additionally the responsibility of the council. The village falls within the Non-metropolitan area of South Somerset, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the City Government Act 1972, having actually formerly become part of Wincanton Rural District. The area council is accountable for regional planning and structure control, neighborhood roads, council real estate, environmental health and wellness, markets and also fairs, refuse collection and also recycling, cemeteries as well as crematoria, leisure solutions, parks, and also tourism. Somerset County Council is in charge of running the biggest and also most costly local services such as education and learning, social solutions, collections, main roads, public transport, policing and also fire solutions, Trading Standards, garbage disposal and calculated planning. The village drops within the 'Blackmoor Vale' electoral ward. The most northern parish is Mapperton with one of the most south being Henstridge. Corton Denham to the west is additionally included. The overall population of the ward at the 2011 census was 5,450. It is additionally part of the Somerton and Frome county constituency stood for in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the UK. It chooses one Member of Parliament (MP) by the initial past the message system of election, and also part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which chooses 7 MEPs making use of the d'Hondt technique of party-list proportional representation.