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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
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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
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transport, and street cleaning. Conservation matters (including trees and listed buildings) and environmental issues are also the responsibility of the council.
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was known as Edington Junction between 1890 and 1953, changing to Edington Burtle on the closure of the Bridgwater line and closing on 7 March 1966.
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Edington was located in the hundred of Whitley and the county of Somerset. In 1086, it had a recorded population of approximately 20.7 households.
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The Old Sunday School in Edington was founded in 1772 by Richard Field. The building now holds the Villages local history archives.
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and several invertebrate species of scientific interest also inhabit the area, Catcott Heath and Catcott North.
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The 1888-1913 Ordnance Survey map of Edington shows the site of a Roman pottery kiln. Bronze Age
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SSSI. The site is managed by Somerset Wildlife Trust and includes the Catcott Lows National
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A history of the county of Somerset, Vol. 8, The Poldens and the Levels
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purposes, since 1 April 2023, the village comes under the
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life. The site consists of low-lying land south of the
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is a rural village, situated on the north side of the
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Edington (disambiguation)

Stone wall with arched gap, overgrown with weeds.
Edington is located in Somerset
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