Corfe

Corfe

Coordinates: 50°58′11″N 3°05′27″W / 50.9698°N 3.0908°W / 50.9698; -3.0908

Corfe
Celtic pattern stone cross in the foreground with trees and houses in the background.
Corfe War Memorial
Corfe is located in Somerset
Corfe

 Corfe shown within Somerset
Population 262 [1]
OS grid reference ST235195
District Taunton Deane
Shire county Somerset
Region South West
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town TAUNTON
Postcode district TA3
Dialling code 01823
Police Avon and Somerset
Fire Devon and Somerset
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK Parliament Taunton Deane
List of places: UK • England • Somerset

Corfe is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated below the Blackdown Hills 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Taunton in the Taunton Deane district. The village has a population of 262.[1]

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History

The parish of Corfe was part of the Taunton Deane Hundred.[2] The village, along with nearby Pitminster was a tithing of Bishop of Winchester. In the 12th century the bishop granted to Taunton Priory an estate on the boundary between the parishes which became known as Barton Grange, most of which was demolished in 1931. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries it was granted to the lawyer Humphrey Colles and passed down through his successors.[3]

Governance

The parish council has responsibility for local issues, including setting an annual precept (local rate) to cover the council’s operating costs and producing annual accounts for public scrutiny. The parish council evaluates local planning applications and works with the local police, district council officers, and neighbourhood watch groups on matters of crime, security, and traffic. The parish council's role also includes initiating projects for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, as well as consulting with the district council on the maintenance, repair, and improvement of highways, drainage, footpaths, public transport, and street cleaning. Conservation matters (including trees and listed buildings) and environmental issues are also the responsibility of the council.

The village falls within the Non-metropolitan district of Taunton Deane, which was formed on April 1, 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having previously been part of Taunton Rural District.[4] The district council is responsible for local planning and building control, local roads, council housing, environmental health, markets and fairs, refuse collection and recycling, cemeteries and crematoria, leisure services, parks, and tourism.

Somerset County Council is responsible for running the largest and most expensive local services such as education, social services, libraries, main roads, public transport, policing and fire services, trading standards, waste disposal and strategic planning.

It is also part of the Taunton Deane county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election, and part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which elects seven MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.

Religious sites

The parish Church of St Nicholas was a 1842 rebuilding, by Benjamin Ferrey of a Norman church on the same site. The south aisle was added in 1858 and tower was rebuilt. In 1969 the chancel was further restored. The Norman font survives.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Taunton Deane 2002 parish population estimates". Somerset County Council. http://www.webcitation.org/5lRyCZwqu. Retrieved 27 December 2009. 
  2. ^ "Somerset Hundreds". GENUKI. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Miscellaneous/. Retrieved 21 October 2011. 
  3. ^ Bush, Robin (1994). Somerset: The Complete Guide. Dovecote Press. pp. 71–72. ISBN 1874336261. 
  4. ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Taunton Rural District
  5. ^ "Church of St Nicholas". Images of England. English Heritage. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=270966. Retrieved 2009-01-04. 

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