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648:Britain leaving the European Union
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1076:A vision of Britain Through Time
616:Parliament of the United Kingdom
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875:Hillfort in England in Somerset
787:, the professional head of the
640:South West England constituency
571:South Western Ambulance Service
533:, leisure services, parks, and
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630:system of election, currently
567:Avon and Somerset Constabulary
406:Bristol to Exeter railway line
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1109:"Hazemag at Stancombe Quarry"
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698:Flax Bourton railway station
622:constituency. It elects one
563:Avon Fire and Rescue Service
481:The parish falls within the
1097:Stancombe Quarry production
90:OS grid reference
18:Human settlement in England
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1253:Villages in North Somerset
1248:Civil parishes in Somerset
1078:. University of Portsmouth
785:Chief of the General Staff
702:Bristol and Exeter Railway
638:. It was also part of the
605:Long Ashton Rural District
378:, a church dating back to
491:Local Government Act 1992
393:between Flax Bourton and
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440:fuel depot, part of the
408:a mill was built on the
898:"Mills on the Land Yeo"
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684:Along with the rest of
679:Carboniferous Limestone
586:non-metropolitan county
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818:Anthony Peter Luckwill
812:Roger Gregory Luckwill
194:Postcode district
124:Ceremonial county
106:Unitary authority
842:"2011 Census Profile"
820:, (1973-2020), writer
714:to Weston-super-Mare
710:Nailsea and Backwell
624:member of parliament
511:environmental health
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877:. Megalithic Portal
871:"Backwell Hillfort"
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1052:on 30 January 2008
962:. English Heritage
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686:South West England
636:Conservative Party
319:51.4223°N 2.7112°W
260:UK Parliament
206:Dialling code
851:on 4 January 2014
750:Edward MacLysaght
744:Notable residents
590:Weston-super-Mare
578:ceremonial county
555:trading standards
519:refuse collection
483:unitary authority
391:Backwell Hillfort
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825:References
718:to Bristol
654:using the
594:Woodspring
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527:cemeteries
449:Governance
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