| 词条 | Berrow, Somerset |
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|static_image_name = Berrow church.jpg |static_image_alt=Stone building with square tower |static_image_caption = St Mary's church |country = England |coordinates = {{coord|51.267|-3.012|display=inline,title}} |official_name= Berrow | population = 1,534 | population_ref =[1] |shire_district= Sedgemoor | shire_county = Somerset |region= South West England |constituency_westminster= |post_town= BURNHAM-ON-SEA |postcode_district = TA8 |postcode_area= TA |dial_code= 01278 |os_grid_reference= ST295525 }} Berrow is a small residential coastal village and holiday area, a civil parish in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, England, situated in between Burnham-on-Sea and Brean. According to the 2011 census it had a population of 1,534.[1] HistoryBerrow was part of the hundred of Brent-cum-Wrington.[2] GovernanceThe 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, 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 the responsibility of the council. The village falls within the Non-metropolitan district of Sedgemoor, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having previously been part of Axbridge Rural District,[3] which is responsible for local planning and building control, local roads, council housing, environmental health, markets and fairs, refuse collection and recycling, cemeteries and crematoria, leisure services, parks, and tourism. Somerset County Council is responsible for running the largest and most expensive local services such as education, social services, libraries, main roads, public transport, policing and fire services, trading standards, waste disposal and strategic planning. An electoral ward of the same name exists. Although Berrow is the most populous area the ward stretches north along the coast to Brean. The total population of this ward taken from the 2011 census was 2,169.[4] It is also part of the a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election, and part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which elects seven MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation. ChurchThe Church of St Mary dates from the 13th century and was restored in the 19th. The tower contains a bell dating from 1801 and made by Thomas and James Bilbie of the Bilbie family.[5] It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade I listed building.[6] Beach and dunesBerrow beach was awarded the Blue flag rural beach award in 2005. The beach is home to the shipwreck of the Norwegian barque SS Nornen, which ran aground on 3 March 1897.[7] The ship was built in 1876 as the Maipu in Bordeaux, before being sold to S. C. Larson in Norway and renamed. She ran aground in a storm and most of the structure was removed for scrap.[8] In July 2003, Sedgemoor District Council threatened to remove the wreck from the beach fearing it could be held liable if any jet-skiers were to hit the wreck while submerged at high tide.[9] Berrow Dunes, west of the village, has a golf course, and is a noted site for various unusual plants, including a strong colony of lizard orchids. A 200 hectare (494 acre) area was designated in 1952 as a Site of Special Scientific Interest.[10] Berrow Marsh, contained within the dunes between the village and the beach, is a mixture of reedbed and salt marsh. Birds found here include many wetland species such as reed and sedge warbler and in winter occasional jack snipe amongst large numbers of common snipe. Notable people
References1. ^1 {{cite web|title=Statistics for Wards, LSOAs and Parishes — SUMMARY Profiles|url=http://www.somersetintelligence.org.uk/files/Somerset%20Census%20Key%20Statistics%20-%20Summary%20Profiles.xls|publisher=Somerset Intelligence|accessdate=4 January 2014|format=Excel}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=Militia in the Brent-cum-Wrington Hundred|url=http://www.wringtonsomerset.org.uk/history/militia.html|work=Wrington Somerset|accessdate=12 September 2011}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=Axbridge RD|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10025515|work=A vision of Britain Through Time|publisher=University of Portsmouth|accessdate=4 January 2014}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/berrow-e05008894#sthash.fYz01rdC.dpbs|title= ward population 2011|accessdate= 5 March 2015}} 5. ^{{cite book |last1=Moore |first1=James |first2=Roy |last2=Rice |first3= Ernest |last3=Hucker |title=Bilbie and the Chew Valley clock makers |year=1995 |publisher=The authors |location= |isbn=0-9526702-0-8 }} 6. ^{{cite web | title=Church of St Mary | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=433618 | accessdate=5 October 2007}} 7. ^{{cite web | url= http://www.burnham-on-sea.com/berrow-wreck.shtml | title= The Berrow Ship Wreck | work= Burnham-on-Sea website | accessdate=11 October 2007}} 8. ^{{cite book|last1=Head|first1=Viv|title=Sailing Ships of the Bristol Channel|date=2017|publisher=Amberley|isbn=978-1445664002|pages=27–28}} 9. ^{{cite web | url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/3175292.stm | work= BBC News | title= Shipwreck could stay on beach | date= 8 October 2003 | accessdate=11 October 2007}} 10. ^{{cite web|title=Berrow Dunes |url=http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003714.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=6 August 2006 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061013122006/http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003714.pdf |archivedate=13 October 2006 |df=dmy }} External links{{Commons category inline|Berrow, Somerset}}{{Sedgemoor}}{{SSSIs Somerset biological}} 6 : Villages in Sedgemoor|Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset|Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1952|Somerset Levels|Civil parishes in Somerset|Populated coastal places in Somerset |
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