Spaxton Parish Council

 


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Local Government
 
 
  Somerset County Council

www.somerset.gov.uk

 
 

Your County Councillor -
John Edney
 

www.somerset.gov.uk/council/
member.asp?councillor_id=63

 
 

Sedgemoor District Council

www.sedgemoor.gov.uk

 
 

Your District Councillors -
Councillor Lillian Cartwright
 


www.sedgemoor.gov.uk/
index.cfm?articleid=581

 

 
 

Councillor Ken Dyer

 

www.sedgemoor.gov.uk/
index.cfm?articleid=573

 
 

Councillor David Joslin

 

www.sedgemoor.gov.uk/
index.cfm?articleid=561

 
 

An explanation of the different roles of County, District and Parish Councils
 

www.somerset.gov.uk/somerset/
council/structure/levels/

 
 

Parliament

www.direct.gov.uk
 

 
 

Your MP -
Ian Liddell-Grainger

www.conservatives.com/tile.do?def=
people.person.page&PersonID=5072

 
       
 

European Parliament

   
 

Your MEPs -

   
 

Caroline Jackson

www.carolinejackson-mep.org.uk/  
 

Giles Chichester

www.gileschichestermep.org.uk

 
 

Neil Parish

www.neilparishmep.org.uk

 
 

Roger Knapman

www.rogerknapmanmep.co.uk/

 
 

Graham Booth

www.grahamboothmep.co.uk

 
 

Glyn Ford

www.glynford.com/

 
       
 

Community policing unit -
schedule of visits

www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/
community_policing_unit/
new_schedule_G.asp

 
  Local Groups, Organisations & Businesses
 
 
 

Spaxton Shows

www.spaxtonshows.co.uk  
 

Spaxton Community websites (coming 1st April)

www.spaxton.org.uk  
 

Spaxton School website

www.spaxtoncofeschool.ik.org/
 

 
 

Spaxton Cricket Team -
Fixtures 2005
 

www.somerset-cricket.org.uk/
scl_fixtures/spaxton1_fixtures.asp

 
 

St Margaret's Church

www.geocities.com/spaxtonchurch/
 

 
 

Hawkridge Reservoir

 

www.wessexwater.co.uk/recreation/
sub_hawkridge.aspx?id=52

 
 

Gammon's take Web Design

www.gammonstake.co.uk
 
 
 

Pye Antiques Restoration

www.pyeantiquesrestoration.co.uk
 
 
       
  Local Information & History
 
 
 

Comprehensive site on the local area from the Quantock online community.  Lots of information - origin of the name, lots of up to date images, history of the Church and Agapemone and suggested walk.  Also there is an extensive local links page.
 

www.quantockonline.co.uk/quantocks/
villages/spaxton/spaxton1.html

 
 

Statistics on population, crime, council performance, etc, from Upmystreet.com
 

www.upmystreet.com/overview/
?l1=TA5+1BT&tab=y
 
 

Spaxton as it was.  Website on bygone Spaxton by Colin Smith of Four Forks featuring images and links to info on the Agapemone
 

www.spaxton.net 

 
 

Genealogy, archives, old map, church records, old postcards

www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Spaxton/

     

 
 

Archive of old postcard images of Spaxton

www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/ASP/
pics.asp?Place=Spaxton 

 
 

Further info on the Agapemone

www.rickross.com/reference/
general/general668.html

 
 

British History online – fascinating  information on Spaxton between 1100-1900 including information on nonconformity, charities for the poor and our economic history.
 

www.british-history.ac.uk/source.asp?
pubid=69&PageNo=4&sort=2

 
 

The Quantock Hills
Management Plan 2004-2009
 

www.quantockhills.com

 
  Local Transport  
 

Public Transport general info from Somerset County Council
 

www.somerset.gov.uk/somerset/ete/
passengertransport/public/index.cfm

 
 

Bus Timetables from the First Group

www.firstgroup.com/ukbus/southwest/
somerset/search/resultsindex.php?
results=2091,2153 

 
  Miscellaneous
 
 
 

Search engine – possibly the best!

www.A9.com 
 

 
 

For all your online mapping needs - also with route planner

www.multimap.co.uk

 
 

Bridgwater Film Centre including film times

www.scottcinemas.co.uk
 

 
 

Foursite – search for and reserve books, cds, films, etc, from the library online – cheaper than an Amazon addiction!
 

www.foursite.somerset.gov.uk

 
 

1,000 of books to read online if you can’t wait for the library!
 

www.fullbooks.com  
 

Where do you want to go?  This low budget airline database shows you how you can get there.
 

www.whichbudget.com 

 
 

Cheap flight comparison tool

www.skyscanner.net 
 

 
 

Great easy translation tool - to and from French, German, Spanish, etc, for short bits of text
 

bablefish.altavista.com

 
 

List of Telephone codes for whole of UK - useful if you don't recognise a phone number

www.britain.tv/travel_ukcodes.htm