Martock
Martock is a large village and also civil church in Somerset, England, situated on the edge of the Somerset Levels 7 miles (11.3 km) north west of Yeovil in the South Somerset district. The parish includes Hurst, roughly one mile south of the town, and Bower Hinton, which lies at the western end of the village and bounded by Hurst and also the A303. Martock has a population of 4,766 as well as was traditionally a market town. The church council has obligation for neighborhood problems, including setting a yearly mandate (local rate) to cover the council's operating expense as well as generating annual accounts for public scrutiny. The parish council evaluates local preparation applications and also deals with the regional authorities, area council officers, and neighbourhood watch teams on matters of criminal offense, protection, as well as website traffic. The parish council's duty also includes launching projects for the repair and maintenance of parish facilities, as well as talking to the district council on the upkeep, fixing, and improvement of highways, drain, walkways, public transport, and also street cleaning. Conservation matters (including trees and also listed buildings) and also environmental concerns are also the obligation of the council. The town falls within the Non-metropolitan district of South Somerset, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the City Government Act 1972, having formerly belonged to Yeovil Rural District. The district council is responsible for local preparation and building control, neighborhood roads, council housing, ecological health and wellness, markets and also fairs, decline collection and also recycling, burial grounds and also crematoria, leisure solutions, parks, and tourist. Somerset County Council is responsible for running the largest and most pricey regional services such as education, social solutions, collections, highways, public transport, policing and also fire services, trading requirements, waste disposal and calculated planning. A selecting ward exists in the exact same name. Although Martock is one of the most heavily populated area the ward extends north to Long Load. The complete population of this ward taken at the 2011 census was 5,724. It is additionally part of the Somerton as well as Frome region constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the UK. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election, and also part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which chooses 7 MEPs using the d'Hondt technique of party-list proportional representation.
