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Camerton, Somerset

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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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in the 19th century. Camerton New Colliery, which started in the very early 19th century, and Camerton Old Colliery, which predates it by about 20 years. Camerton New Pit survived to be
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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, such as the
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for the illegal dumping of waste including concrete, tarmac, bricks, blocks, subsoil, metal, fluorescent light tubes, electrical cable and asbestos sheets on the site.
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and strategic planning, although fire, police and ambulance services are provided jointly with other authorities through the
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dates from the 15th century with addition and renovation in 1638 and again in 1891. It has been designated as a Grade I
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with responsibility for almost all local government functions within its area including
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was built by the Jarrett family, to a design by George Repton (son of
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for people working in Bristol or Bath. Camerton was also home to the
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With the closure of the coal mines, it is now primarily a
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Bath and North East Somerset's area covers part of the
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The village expanded as a result of coal mining on the
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in 1882 and was extended along the line of the former
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In 2007 Camerton was the site of a prosecution by the
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Originally a farming village in North Somerset, its
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Its administrative headquarters is in 56:of all important aspects of the article. 977:Journal of a Somerset rector, 1803-1834 835: 447:The parish of Camerton was part of the 315: 271: 237: 213: 143: 84: 841: 839: 736:party-list proportional representation 413:. The parish has a population of 655. 405:, 6 miles (9.7 km) south west of 52:Please consider expanding the lead to 726:in January 2020, which elected seven 299: 287: 275: 261: 249: 227: 195: 177: 159: 7: 530:, before the charity moved to Bath. 16:Village and civil parish in England 762:) mainly for coal. It opened from 756:Bristol and North Somerset Railway 724:Britain leaving the European Union 421:The parish includes the hamlet of 14: 694:The parish is represented in the 1190:A vision of Britain Through Time 700:Parliament of the United Kingdom 633:, main roads, public transport, 112: 111: 104: 86: 30: 716:South West England constituency 651:Great Western Ambulance Service 585:. It provides a single tier of 44:may be too short to adequately 750:Site of former station in 1987 647:Avon and Somerset Constabulary 429:that has been designated as a 54:provide an accessible overview 1: 904:The hidden places of Somerset 528:National Osteoporosis Society 643:Avon Fire and Rescue Service 579:Bath and North East Somerset 573:The parish falls within the 170:Bath and North East Somerset 146:OS grid reference 75:Human settlement in England 1292: 1271:Civil parishes in Somerset 1192:. 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Camerton (disambiguation)

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Square gray tower of stone church building, partially obscured by trees. Red roofed lych gate to right. Grass and gravestones in the foreground
St Peter's Church
Camerton is located in Somerset
Somerset
OS grid reference
ST685578
Unitary authority
Bath and North East Somerset
Ceremonial county
Somerset
Region
South West
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
BATH
Postcode district
BA2
Dialling code
Police
Avon and Somerset
Fire
Avon
Ambulance

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