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Wraxall and Failand
Wraxall and Failand
	All Saints Church, Wraxall
	Wraxall and Failand Location within Somerset
Population	2,302 (2011)
OS grid reference	ST495715
Unitary authority	North Somerset;
Ceremonial county	Somerset;
Region	South West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Bristol
Postcode district	BS8, BS48
Dialling code	01275
Police	Avon and Somerset
Fire	Avon
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	North Somerset;
	List of places UK England Somerset 51°26′25″N 2°43′40″W / 51.4402°N 2.7279°W

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Wraxall and Failand, formerly just Wraxall is a civil parish in the North Somerset district, in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. It includes the villages of Wraxall and Failand. In 2011 it had a population of 2,302.^[1] On 1 October 1996 the parish was renamed from "Wraxall" to "Wraxall and Failand".^[2]

The parish contains the remains of Wraxall Camp, an Iron Age settlement that seems to have been a farmstead and is now a listed monument.^[3] In Richard II's reign, the village was spelled Wrexhale in the record of a suspicious death.

Governance[edit]

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, such as the village hall or community centre, playing fields and playgrounds, 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 of interest to the council.

The parish falls within the unitary authority of North Somerset which was created in 1996, as established by the Local Government Act 1992. It provides a single tier of local government with responsibility for almost all local government functions within their area including local planning and building control, local roads, council housing, environmental health, markets and fairs, refuse collection, recycling, cemeteries, crematoria, leisure services, parks, and tourism. They are also responsible for education, social services, libraries, main roads, public transport, trading standards, waste disposal and strategic planning, although fire, police and ambulance services are provided jointly with other authorities through the Avon Fire and Rescue Service, Avon and Somerset Constabulary and the South Western Ambulance Service.

North Somerset's area covers part of the ceremonial county of Somerset but it is administered independently of the non-metropolitan county. Its administrative headquarters are in the town hall in Weston-super-Mare. Between 1 April 1974 and 1 April 1996, it was the Woodspring district of the county of Avon.^[4] Before 1974 the parish was part of the Long Ashton Rural District.^[5]

The parish is represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom as part of the North Somerset constituency. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election, currently Liam Fox of the Conservative Party.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "2011 Census Profile". North Somerset Council. Archived from the original (Excel) on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
^ "North Somerset Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
^ Wraxall Camp, Historic England, retrieved 22 August 2016
^ "The Avon (Structural Change) Order 1995". HMSO. Retrieved 9 December 2007.
^ "Long Ashton RD". A vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 4 January 2014.

[popn-1] "2011 Census Profile". North Somerset Council. Archived from the original (Excel) on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2014.

[2] "North Somerset Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 3 August 2023.

[3] Wraxall Camp, Historic England, retrieved 22 August 2016

[4] "The Avon (Structural Change) Order 1995". HMSO. Retrieved 9 December 2007.

[longashtonrd-5] "Long Ashton RD". A vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 4 January 2014.

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-'''Wraxall and Failand''' is a [[civil parish]] in [[Somerset]], England. It includes the villages of [[Wraxall, Somerset|Wraxall]] and [[Failand]]. It has a population of 2,302.<ref name="popn"/>
+'''Wraxall and Failand''', formerly just '''Wraxall''' is a [[civil parish]] in the [[North Somerset]] district, in the ceremonial county of [[Somerset]], England. It includes the villages of [[Wraxall, Somerset|Wraxall]] and [[Failand]]. In 2011 it had a population of 2,302.<ref name="popn"/> On 1 October 1996 the parish was renamed from "Wraxall" to "Wraxall and Failand".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/north%20somerset.html|title=North Somerset Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=3 August 2023}}</ref>
+The parish contains the remains of [[Wraxall Camp]], an [[Iron Age]] settlement that seems to have been a farmstead and is now a listed monument.<ref>{{citation|ref={{harvid|Wraxall Camp – Historic England}} |title=Wraxall Camp|publisher=Historic England |url=http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=198555|accessdate=2016-08-22}}</ref> In [[Richard II]]'s reign, the village was spelled Wrexhale in the record of a suspicious death.
 ==Governance==
-The [[Parish councils of England|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 (UK)|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, such as the [[village hall]] or [[community centre]], [[playing field]]s and [[playground]]s, 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 of interest to the council.
+The [[Parish councils of England|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 (UK)|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, such as the [[village hall]] or [[community centre]], [[playing field]]s and [[playground]]s, 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 of interest to the council.
-The parish falls within the [[unitary authority]] of [[North Somerset]] which was created in 1996, as established by the [[Local Government Act 1992]]. It provides a single tier of [[local government in the United Kingdom|local government]] with responsibility for almost all local government functions within their area including [[planning permission|local planning]] and [[Building regulations in the United Kingdom|building control]], local roads, [[council housing]], [[environmental health]], [[Market (place)|market]]s and fairs, [[refuse collection]], [[recycling]], [[cemeteries]], [[crematoria]], leisure services, parks, and [[tourism]]. They are also responsible for [[Local Education Authority|education]], [[social services]], [[library|libraries]], main roads, [[public transport]], [[Trading Standards|trading standards]], [[waste disposal]] and strategic planning, although fire, police and ambulance services are provided jointly with other authorities through the [[Avon Fire and Rescue Service]], [[Avon and Somerset Constabulary]] and the [[Great Western Ambulance Service]].
+The parish falls within the [[unitary authority]] of [[North Somerset]] which was created in 1996, as established by the [[Local Government Act 1992]]. It provides a single tier of [[local government in the United Kingdom|local government]] with responsibility for almost all local government functions within their area including [[planning permission|local planning]] and [[Building regulations in the United Kingdom|building control]], local roads, [[council housing]], [[environmental health]], [[Market (place)|market]]s and fairs, [[refuse collection]], [[recycling]], [[cemeteries]], [[crematoria]], leisure services, parks, and [[tourism]]. They are also responsible for [[Local Education Authority|education]], [[social services]], [[library|libraries]], main roads, [[public transport]], [[Trading Standards|trading standards]], [[waste disposal]] and strategic planning, although fire, police and ambulance services are provided jointly with other authorities through the [[Avon Fire and Rescue Service]], [[Avon and Somerset Constabulary]] and the [[South Western Ambulance Service]].
-North Somerset's area covers part of the [[Ceremonial counties of England|ceremonial county]] of [[Somerset]] but it is administered independently of the [[non-metropolitan county]]. Its administrative headquarters are in the town hall in [[Weston-super-Mare]]. Between 1 April 1974 and 1 April 1996, it was the [[Woodspring]] [[Districts of England|district]] of the [[county of Avon]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1995/Uksi_19950493_en_1.htm |title=The Avon (Structural Change) Order 1995 |accessdate=2007-12-09 |work=HMSO }}</ref> Before 1974 that the parish was part of the [[Long Ashton Rural District]].<ref name=longashtonrd>{{cite web|title=Long Ashton RD|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10107763|work=A vision of Britain Through Time|publisher=University of Portsmouth|accessdate=4 January 2014}}</ref>
+North Somerset's area covers part of the [[Ceremonial counties of England|ceremonial county]] of [[Somerset]] but it is administered independently of the [[non-metropolitan county]]. Its administrative headquarters are in the town hall in [[Weston-super-Mare]]. Between 1 April 1974 and 1 April 1996, it was the [[Woodspring]] [[Districts of England|district]] of the [[county of Avon]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1995/Uksi_19950493_en_1.htm |title=The Avon (Structural Change) Order 1995 |accessdate=2007-12-09 |work=HMSO }}</ref> Before 1974 the parish was part of the [[Long Ashton Rural District]].<ref name=longashtonrd>{{cite web|title=Long Ashton RD|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10107763|work=A vision of Britain Through Time|publisher=University of Portsmouth|accessdate=4 January 2014}}</ref>
-The parish is represented in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] as part of the [[Woodspring (UK Parliament constituency)|Woodspring]] [[county constituency]] which is to become [[North Somerset (UK Parliament constituency)|North Somerset]] at next general election. It elects one [[Member of Parliament|Member of Parliament (MP)]] by the [[first past the post]] system of election. It is also part of the [[South West England (European Parliament constituency)|South West England constituency]] of the [[European Parliament]] which elects seven [[Members of the European Parliament|MEPs]] using the [[d'Hondt method]] of [[party-list proportional representation]].
+The parish is represented in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] as part of the [[North Somerset (UK Parliament constituency)|North Somerset]] constituency. It elects one [[Member of Parliament|Member of Parliament (MP)]] by the [[first past the post]] system of election, currently [[Liam Fox]] of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]].
 ==References==
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 [[Category:Civil parishes in Somerset]]
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