Templecombe
Templecombe is a town in Somerset, England, situated on the A357 roadway five miles southern of Wincanton, 12 miles (19 kilometres) east of Yeovil, and also 30 miles (48 km) west of Salisbury. The town has a population of 1,560. Along with the hamlet of Combe Throop it forms the parish of Abbas and Templecombe. The Abbas as well as Templecombe parish council has responsibility for local problems, including establishing a yearly principle (regional rate) to cover the council's operating costs as well as creating annual represent public scrutiny. The parish council reviews neighborhood preparation applications and also deals with the regional cops, area council officers, and also neighbourhood watch teams on matters of crime, safety, as well as traffic. The church council's function also includes starting tasks for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, in addition to consulting with the area council on the upkeep, repair service, as well as enhancement of freeways, water drainage, walkways, public transport, as well as street cleaning. Conservation matters (including trees as well as detailed structures) as well as ecological concerns are additionally the responsibility of the council. The town drops within the Non-metropolitan district of South Somerset, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the City Government Act 1972, having previously been part of Wincanton Rural District. The district council is in charge of local planning as well as structure control, local roads, council real estate, environmental wellness, markets as well as fairs, refuse collection and recycling, cemeteries and crematoria, leisure services, parks, as well as tourist. Somerset County Council is in charge of running the biggest as well as most pricey neighborhood solutions such as education and learning, social solutions, libraries, main roads, public transportation, policing as well as fire services, Trading Standards, waste disposal and also tactical preparation. The town falls within the 'Blackmoor Vale' electoral ward. The most northward parish is Mapperton with one of the most south being Henstridge. Corton Denham to the west is additionally included. The complete population of the ward at the 2011 census was 5,450. It is additionally part of the Somerton and Frome region constituency represented in your home of Commons of the Parliament of the UK. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the initial past the post system of election, as well as part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which elects seven MEPs making use of the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.
