Templecombe
Templecombe is a village in Somerset, England, located on the A357 road five miles south of Wincanton, 12 miles (19 km) east of Yeovil, and 30 miles (48 km) west of Salisbury. The village has a population of 1,560. In addition to the district of Combe Throop it develops the parish of Abbas as well as Templecombe. The Abbas as well as Templecombe parish council has obligation for regional problems, consisting of setting a yearly precept (regional rate) to cover the council's operating expense and producing yearly make up public scrutiny. The parish council reviews regional preparation applications and also collaborates with the local cops, district council police officers, and also neighbourhood watch groups on issues of criminal activity, protection, as well as traffic. The church council's role also consists of launching tasks for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, in addition to speaking with the area council on the maintenance, repair service, and improvement of freeways, drain, footpaths, public transport, as well as road cleaning. Conservation matters (consisting of trees as well as detailed structures) as well as ecological issues are also the obligation of the council. The village drops within the Non-metropolitan area of South Somerset, which was based on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having previously belonged to Wincanton Rural District. The area council is responsible for local planning and building control, neighborhood roadways, council real estate, environmental health, markets as well as fairs, refuse collection as well as recycling, burial grounds and crematoria, leisure services, parks, and also tourism. Somerset County Council is accountable for running the biggest and also most costly neighborhood services such as education, social solutions, libraries, highways, public transportation, policing as well as fire solutions, Trading Standards, garbage disposal and also tactical preparation. The town falls within the 'Blackmoor Vale' electoral ward. One of the most northward parish is Mapperton with the most southerly being Henstridge. Corton Denham to the west is likewise consisted of. The complete population of the ward at the 2011 census was 5,450. It is likewise part of the Somerton as well as 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 political election, and also part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which elects seven MEPs using the d'Hondt technique of party-list proportional representation.
