Mendip district

E505314
former non-metropolitan district

Mendip district was a former local government district in Somerset, England, known for its rural landscape, historic market towns, and the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Mendip district canonical 8
Mendip District Council 2
Mendip District 1

Statements (69)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former non-metropolitan district ⓘ
administrativeHeadquarters Shepton Mallet NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderedBy Bath and North East Somerset NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Somerset NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sedgemoor NERFINISHED ⓘ
Somerset West and Taunton (historically West Somerset/Taunton Deane) NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Somerset NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wiltshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
ceremonialCounty Somerset NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains Ashwick NERFINISHED ⓘ
Baltonsborough NERFINISHED ⓘ
Butleigh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cheddar (partly) ⓘ
Cheddar Gorge (partly associated with Mendip Hills AONB) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Coleford NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cranmore NERFINISHED ⓘ
Croscombe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Evercreech NERFINISHED ⓘ
Frome NERFINISHED ⓘ
Frome (civil parish) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Glastonbury NERFINISHED ⓘ
Glastonbury (civil parish) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Glastonbury Tor (nearby within district area) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Meare NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nunney NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oakhill NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pilton NERFINISHED ⓘ
Priddy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shepton Mallet NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shepton Mallet (civil parish) NERFINISHED ⓘ
St Cuthbert Out NERFINISHED ⓘ
Street ⓘ
Street (civil parish) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wells NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wells (civil parish) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wells Cathedral (within Wells) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Westbury-sub-Mendip NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wookey NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wookey Hole NERFINISHED ⓘ
agricultural land ⓘ
part of the Fosse Way (Roman road) ⓘ
containsFeature caves and gorges ⓘ
limestone hills ⓘ
part of Somerset Levels ⓘ
country England ⓘ
createdBy Local Government Act 1972 NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolvedInto Somerset Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
endDate 2023-03-31 ⓘ
formedFrom Frome Rural District NERFINISHED ⓘ
Glastonbury Municipal Borough NERFINISHED ⓘ
Glastonbury Rural District NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shepton Mallet Rural District NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shepton Mallet Urban District NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wells Municipal Borough NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wells Rural District NERFINISHED ⓘ
part of Clutton Rural District ⓘ
governingBody Mendip District Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentType non-metropolitan district council ⓘ
hasRuralCharacter true ⓘ
knownFor historic market towns ⓘ
quarrying industry ⓘ
rural landscape ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
locatedIn Somerset ⓘ
southwest England ⓘ
surface form: South West England
namedAfter Mendip Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ
startDate 1974-04-01 ⓘ
timeZone Europe/London ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wells, Somerset → partOf → Mendip district ⓘ
A361 → regionServed → Mendip district ⓘ
Glastonbury → partOf → Mendip district ⓘ
Somerset Council area → replaced → Mendip district ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mendip District
Butleigh, Somerset, England → locatedIn → Mendip district ⓘ
subject surface form: Butleigh
Butleigh, Somerset, England → localAuthority → Mendip district ⓘ
subject surface form: Butleigh
this entity surface form: Mendip District Council
St Mary the Virgin Church, Butleigh → locatedIn → Mendip district ⓘ
St Andrew’s Churchyard, Mells, Somerset → locatedIn → Mendip district ⓘ
Shepton Mallet → locatedIn → Mendip district ⓘ
Shepton Mallet → governedBy → Mendip district ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mendip District Council
River Brue → region → Mendip district ⓘ