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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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to cross the road in safety. During this period local residents and volunteers go out at dusk, the time of greatest movement, collecting them in buckets and depositing them on the other side of the road, allowing them to continue their journey safely towards a lake in the
Charlcombe valley on a
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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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and strategic planning, although fire, police and ambulance services are provided jointly with other authorities through the
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as being "sweetly situated in a little green valley, as a village with such a name ought to be".
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The plateau near the centre of the parish is known as
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with responsibility for almost all local government functions within its area including
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dates from the 12th century and has also been designated as a Grade I listed building.
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In 1848 the village had a population of 84, and covered 523 acres (2.12 km).
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From about 1720 until the early 19th century, Woolley was the site of a
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Bath and North East
Somerset's area covers part of the
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History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset
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The village of
Charlcombe is mentioned in letters by
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572:. Between 1 April 1974 and 1 April 1996, it was the
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1093:"Peter Gabriel attacks Woolley Valley farm plans"
481:which was created in 1996, as established by the
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775:. Office for National Statistics. Archived from
382:of 1086 under the name "Cerlecume", meaning in
1300:"Letters to her sister Cassandra Austen, 1799"
1193:"Church of St Mary, Charlcombe Lane (1214255)"
587:. Before 1974 that the parish was part of the
386:"valley of the ceorls" (freemen or peasants).
564:but it is administered independently of the
869:"Monument to Sir Bevil Grenville (1214434)"
1304:Letters of Jane Austen – Brabourne Edition
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1002:"The Avon (Structural Change) Order 1995"
647:formation and through the more permeable
1336:Villages in Bath and North East Somerset
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631:valley around Sopers Wood, in the south
568:. Its administrative headquarters is in
1275:"Church of St Mary Magdalene (1214262)"
956:Norman Thorpe, Tom Morgan (June 2005).
389:Langridge and Woolley were part of the
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1170:"Valentine help for love-struck toads"
1144:Bath & North East Somerset Council
1140:"Valentine help for love-struck toads"
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1172:. BBC Somerset News. 16 January 2006
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429:for having lost no residents during
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1279:National Heritage List for England
1253:National Heritage List for England
1218:"The Hermit of Charlcombe Rectory"
1197:National Heritage List for England
874:National Heritage List for England
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594:The parish is represented in the
1249:"Church of All Saints (1214256)"
1036:A vision of Britain Through Time
815:Reverend John Collinson (1791).
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675:took place on the hill in 1643.
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600:Parliament of the United Kingdom
533:, main roads, public transport,
346:and small village just north of
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551:Great Western Ambulance Service
485:. It provides a single tier of
378:Charlcombe is mentioned in the
1115:"The Battle of Lansdown, 1643"
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667:and Lansdown Golf Course. The
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410:Sir Bevil Grenville's Monument
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895:Buchanan, Brenda J. (2005).
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606:constituency. It elects one
543:Avon Fire and Rescue Service
479:Bath and North East Somerset
473:The parish falls within the
352:Bath and North East Somerset
125:Bath and North East Somerset
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734:Church of St Mary Magdalene
101:OS grid reference
29:Human settlement in England
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1331:Civil parishes in Somerset
1038:. University of Portsmouth
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49:at Langridge in the parish
47:St Mary Magdalene's Church
1071:10.1007/s10064-002-0151-8
627:The local geology of the
483:Local Government Act 1992
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773:Neighbourhood Statistics
729:. It is Grade I listed.
958:"The Thankful Villages"
910:: 72–96. Archived from
589:Bathavon Rural District
566:non-metropolitan county
936:British History Online
727:John Wood, the Younger
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207:Postcode district
135:Ceremonial county
117:Unitary authority
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505:, markets and fairs,
425:Woolley is one of 52
904:Bath History Journal
614:system of election.
608:member of parliament
503:environmental health
185:Sovereign state
1228:on 11 December 2006
843:"Somerset Hundreds"
769:"Charlcombe Parish"
669:Battle of Landsowne
612:first past the post
452:neighbourhood watch
406:Battle of Lansdowne
354:unitary authority,
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1273:Historic England.
1247:Historic England.
1191:Historic England.
1095:. BBC. 19 May 2010
1012:on 30 January 2008
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366:and the hamlet of
263:UK Parliament
1222:Notes and Queries
828:978-1-171-40217-6
779:on 1 January 2014
732:In Langridge the
723:All Saints Church
713:Church of St Mary
705:Church of St Mary
688:tributary of the
673:English Civil War
558:ceremonial county
535:Trading Standards
507:refuse collection
475:unitary authority
427:thankful villages
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1309:9 February
1284:30 October
1258:30 October
1232:9 February
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982:. BBC News
941:9 February
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798:Charlcombe
752:References
629:Swainswick
519:crematoria
515:cemeteries
441:Governance
395:Bath Forum
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310:51°24′18″N
161:South West
92:Population
74:Charlcombe
35:Charlcombe
1154:8 October
1079:1435-9529
1042:4 January
963:3 January
849:8 October
690:Lam Brook
649:limestone
633:Cotswolds
618:Geography
531:libraries
523:education
511:recycling
417:gunpowder
364:Langridge
313:2°21′25″W
247:Ambulance
195:Post town
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577:district
574:Wansdyke
562:Somerset
549:and the
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368:Lansdown
356:Somerset
299:Somerset
143:Somerset
108:ST752674
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800:in the
671:of the
623:Geology
598:of the
583:of the
399:Hampton
391:hundred
374:History
360:Woolley
350:in the
294:England
177:England
171:Country
1124:15 May
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419:mill.
223:Police
153:Region
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1286:2021
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1126:2022
1101:2011
1075:ISSN
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1018:2007
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