Stoke-sub-hamdon
Stoke-sub-Hamdon (or Stoke sub Hamdon), also known as Stoke under Ham, is a huge village as well as civil parish in the South Somerset district of Somerset, England. It is positioned 5 miles (8 km) west of Yeovil, with which it is linked by the A3088 roadway. The parish is located near the River Parrett, as well as consists of the town of East Stoke. The church council has obligation for local concerns, consisting of establishing an annual principle (regional rate) to cover the council's operating costs and also creating yearly accounts for public scrutiny. The parish council evaluates local preparation applications as well as deals with the local authorities, area council policemans, and also area watch teams on issues of crime, safety, and traffic. The parish council's function additionally includes starting tasks for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, along with speaking with the area council on the upkeep, repair work, and also improvement of highways, drainage, walkways, public transport, as well as road cleaning. Preservation issues (including trees and also provided buildings) as well as ecological problems are also the obligation of the council. The village falls within the Non-metropolitan district of South Somerset, which was based on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having formerly belonged to Yeovil Rural District. The area council is accountable for neighborhood planning as well as building control, local roads, council real estate, ecological health, markets as well as fairs, refuse collection as well as recycling, cemeteries and also crematoria, leisure services, parks, and also tourism. Somerset County Council is accountable for running the largest as well as most pricey local solutions such as education, social services, libraries, highways, public transport, policing and also fire solutions, trading requirements, waste disposal and calculated planning. The village is in 'Hamdon' electoral ward. The ward extends south to Norton sub Hamdon The complete ward population taken at the 2011 Census was 2,711.
