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Exford, Somerset, the Glossary

Exford is a rural village at the centre of Exmoor National Park, north-west of Dulverton, and south-west of Minehead, in Somerset, England.^[1]

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Villages in West Somerset

Bridgwater and West Somerset (UK Parliament constituency)

Bridgwater and West Somerset was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Ian Liddell-Grainger, a Conservative.

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Building regulations in the United Kingdom

Building regulations in the United Kingdom are statutory instruments or statutory regulations that seek to ensure that the policies set out in the relevant legislation are carried out.

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Celtic Way

The Celtic Way is a long-distance walk from West Wales, through South Wales and into Wessex and the West of England in the United Kingdom.

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Cemetery

A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite, graveyard, or a green space called a memorial park, is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred.

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Christopher Woodforde

Christopher Woodforde (29 November 1907-12 August 1962) was an Anglican priest and noted author in the mid 20th century.

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Church of St Mary Magdelene, Exford

The Anglican Church of St Mary Magdelene in Exford, Somerset, England was built in the 15th century.

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Copper

Copper is a chemical element; it has symbol Cu and atomic number 29.

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Cow Castle

Cow Castle is an Iron Age hillfort West South West of Exford, Somerset, England within the Exmoor National Park.

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Cremation

Cremation is a method of final disposition of a dead body through burning.

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Devon and Somerset Staghounds

The red deer of Exmoor have been hunted since Norman times, when Exmoor was declared a Royal Forest. Exford, Somerset and Devon and Somerset Staghounds are Exmoor.

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Domesday Book (the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of King William the Conqueror.

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Dulverton

Dulverton is a town and civil parish in west Somerset, England, near the border with Devon. Exford, Somerset and Dulverton are civil parishes in Somerset and Exmoor.

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Dulverton Rural District

Dulverton was a rural district in Somerset, England, from 1894 to 1974.

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English Heritage

English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places.

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Environmental health

Environmental health is the branch of public health concerned with all aspects of the natural and built environment affecting human health.

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Exmoor

Exmoor is loosely defined as an area of hilly open moorland in west Somerset and north Devon in South West England.

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Fire department

A fire department (North American English) or fire brigade (Commonwealth English), also known as a fire company, fire authority, fire district, fire and rescue, or fire service in some areas, is an organization that provides fire prevention and fire suppression services as well as other rescue services.

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First-past-the-post voting

First-preference plurality (FPP)—often shortened simply to plurality—is a single-winner system of positional voting where voters mark one candidate as their favorite, and the candidate with the largest number of points (a '''''plurality''''' of points) is elected.

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Fox hunting

Fox hunting is a traditional activity involving the tracking, chase and, if caught, the killing of a fox, normally a red fox, by trained foxhounds or other scent hounds.

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Hamlet (place)

A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village.

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Hillfort

A hillfort is a type of fortified refuge or defended settlement located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage.

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House of Commons of the United Kingdom

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Hundred (county division)

A hundred is an administrative division that is geographically part of a larger region.

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Hundred of Carhampton

The Hundred of Carhampton is one of the 40 historical Hundreds in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England, dating from before the Norman conquest during the Anglo-Saxon era although exact dates are unknown.

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Iron

Iron is a chemical element.

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Iron Age

The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age.

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Library

A library is a collection of books, and possibly other materials and media, that is accessible for use by its members and members of allied institutions.

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Listed building

In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural and/or historic interest deserving of special protection.

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Local education authorities (LEAs) were defined in England and Wales as the local councils responsible for education within their jurisdictions.

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Local Government Act 1972

The Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974.

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Marketplace

A marketplace, market place, or just market, or mart is a location where people regularly gather for the purchase and sale of provisions, livestock, and other goods.

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Member of parliament

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district.

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Minehead

Minehead is a coastal town and civil parish in Somerset, England. Exford, Somerset and Minehead are civil parishes in Somerset and Exmoor.

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Neighbourhood Watch (United Kingdom)

Neighbourhood Watch in the United Kingdom is the largest voluntary crime prevention movement covering England and Wales with upwards of 2.3 million household members.

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Non-metropolitan district

Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially "shire districts", are a type of local government district in England.

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Parish council (England)

A parish council is a civil local authority found in England, which is the lowest tier of local government.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, and may also legislate for the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories.

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Planning permission

Planning permission or building permit refers to the approval needed for construction or expansion (including significant renovation), and sometimes for demolition, in some jurisdictions.

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Police

The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state with the aim of enforcing the law and protecting the public order as well as the public itself.

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Post office

A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery.

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Primary school

A primary school (in Ireland, India, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, South Africa, and Singapore), elementary school, or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary education of children who are 4 to 10 years of age (and in many cases, 11 years of age).

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Public housing in the United Kingdom

Public housing in the United Kingdom, also known as council housing or social housing, provided the majority of rented accommodation until 2011 when the number of households in private rental housing surpassed the number in social housing.

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Public transport

Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) is a system of transport for passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public unlike private transport, typically managed on a schedule, operated on established routes, and that may charge a posted fee for each trip.

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Recycling

Recycling is the process of converting waste materials into new materials and objects.

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River Exe

The River Exe is a river in England that rises at Exe Head, near the village of Simonsbath, on Exmoor in Somerset, from the Bristol Channel coast, but flows more or less directly due south, so that most of its length lies in Devon. Exford, Somerset and river Exe are Exmoor.

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Samaritans Way South West

Samaritans Way South West is a Long-distance footpath in South West England.

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Social services are a range of public services intended to provide support and assistance towards particular groups, which commonly include the disadvantaged.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exford,_Somerset

Also known as Almsworthy.

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Exford, Somerset, the Glossary

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Villages in West Somerset

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