Norton Fitzwarren

Norton Fitzwarren

Coordinates: 51°01′24″N 3°08′57″W / 51.0232°N 3.1491°W / 51.0232; -3.1491

Norton Fitzwarren
Stone building with square tower.
Church of All Saints, Norton Fitzwarren
Norton Fitzwarren is located in Somerset
Norton Fitzwarren

 Norton Fitzwarren shown within Somerset
Population 2,325 [1]
OS grid reference ST195255
District Taunton Deane
Shire county Somerset
Region South West
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town TAUNTON
Postcode district TA2
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

Norton Fitzwarren is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 2 miles (3.2 km) north west of Taunton in the Taunton Deane district. The village has a population of 2,325.[1]

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History

The village is on the southern slope of Norton Camp, a large hillfort that shows evidence of occupation from neolithic times, through the Bronze Age, to the Roman occupation of Britain.

The parish of Norton Fitzwarren was part of the Taunton Deane Hundred.[2]

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.[3] 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.

Railway

Norton Fitzwarren is on the former Bristol and Exeter Railway mainline, and site of the former junctions for branch lines to Minehead and Barnstaple. Taken over by the GWR in 1890, serious railway accidents happened here on 10 November 1890 and 4 November 1940. It is now on the First Great Western network. Most of the Minehead branch is now operated by the West Somerset Railway as a heritage railway.

Canal

Norton Fitzwarren was the site of a boat lift on the now disused section of the Grand Western Canal from 1839 to 1867.

Industry

For many years Norton Fitzwarren was the site of the main factory of the Taunton Cider Company producing cider brands such as Blackthorn Cider. Production was moved to Shepton Mallet after Matthew Clark plc, the UK division of Constellation Brands, bought Taunton Cider in 1995.

PoW Camp

It was the location of a 300 person Prisoner of War camp during World War II, initially housing Italian prisoners from the Western Desert Campaign, and later German prisoners post the Battle of Normandy. POW Camp Number 665 - 'Cross Keys Camp', Norton Fitzwarren.

Royal Marines

Just north of the village is Norton Manor Camp, home of 40 Commando, Royal Marines.

Norton Fitzwarren military camp called Norton Manor Camp also was the home for many years of the Junior Leaders Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport, from the early 1960s to the late 1970s, it took boys from age 15 yrs to age 17½ years and trained them to be army transport drivers.

Religious sites

The Church of All Saints dates from the late 13th and early 14th century. It has been designated as a Grade II* listed building.[4]

See also

References

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