Woodspring

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Woodspring was a former local government district in North Somerset, England, that existed from 1974 until its abolition in 1996.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Woodspring canonical 4

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Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former local government district
non-metropolitan district
appliesToJurisdiction North Somerset area
linked to: North Somerset
capital Weston-super-Mare
category Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1972
Former non-metropolitan districts of Avon
History of North Somerset
containsSettlement Clevedon
Nailsea
Portishead
Weston-super-Mare
country England
dateOfAbolition 1 April 1996
dateOfEstablishment 1 April 1974
dissolvedOrAbolished 1996
endTime 1996
governmentType district council
hasEnglishName Woodspring
hasJurisdictionOver North Somerset area
historicalCountyAreaOverlap Somerset
legislatedBy Local Government Act 1972
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Avon
North Somerset
locatedInRegion South West England
linked to: southwest England
locatedOnTimeZone British Summer Time
Greenwich Mean Time
namedAfter Woodspring Priory
partOf county of Avon
linked to: Avon county
precededBy Axbridge Rural District
Clevedon Urban District
linked to: Clevedon

Long Ashton Rural District
linked to: Long Ashton

Portishead Urban District
Weston-super-Mare Municipal Borough
linked to: Weston-super-Mare
replacedBy North Somerset (unitary authority)
linked to: North Somerset

North Somerset unitary authority
linked to: North Somerset
seat Weston-super-Mare
startTime 1974
subdivisionOf Avon non-metropolitan county
subdivisionType local government district

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