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The TA postcode area, also known as the Taunton postcode area, [2] is a group of 24 postcode districts in South West England, within 19 post towns.These cover western Somerset (including Taunton, Bridgwater, Burnham-on-Sea, Chard, Crewkerne, Dulverton, Highbridge, Hinton St George, Ilminster, Langport, Martock, Merriott, Minehead, Montacute, Somerton, South Petherton, Stoke-sub-Hamdon, Watchet ...
Wembdon is a semi-rural area of Bridgwater on the town’s outskirts, in Somerset, England. Wembdon is now home to an Anglican church, a small shop (combined with the post office), a pub and a small garage.
The harbour area contained flour mills, timber yards and chandlers. [57] Shipping to Bridgwater expanded with the construction of Bridgwater Docks, and reached a peak between 1880 and 1885; with an average of 3,600 ships per year entering the port. [57] Bridgwater also built some 167 ships; the last one was the Irene, launched in 1907. [58]
Although Westonzoyland is the most populous area the ward stretches to Othery in the south east and Bawdrip in the north. The total population of the ward as at the 2011 census was 4,506. [14] It is also part of the Bridgwater and West Somerset county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Stogursey is a small village and civil parish in the Quantock Hills in Somerset, England.It is situated 3 miles (4.8 km) from Nether Stowey, and 8 miles (12.9 km) west of Bridgwater.
Prior to this, it was part of the non-metropolitan district of Sedgemoor, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having previously been part of Bridgwater Rural District. [4] It is also part of the Bridgwater county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Historically the area was known as the site of the Battle of Sedgemoor. Sedgemoor gave its name to a local government district formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the municipal borough of Bridgwater, the Burnham-on-Sea urban district, Bridgwater Rural District and part of Axbridge Rural District.
Holford is a village and civil parish in West Somerset within the Quantock Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is located about 10 miles (16 km) west of Bridgwater and 6 miles (10 km) east of Williton, with a population of 392. [1] The village is on the Quantock Greenway and Coleridge Way footpaths. The parish includes the village of ...