South Somerset

South Somerset was a local government district in Somerset, England, from 1974 to 2023. The district covered an area of ranging from the borders with Devon, Wiltshire and Dorset to the edge of the Somerset Levels. It had a population of approximately 158,000. The administrative centre of the district was Yeovil.
On 1 April 2023, the district was abolished and replaced by Somerset Council, a unitary district for the area previously served by Somerset County Council.

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History

The district was formed on 1 April 1974, and was originally known as Yeovil, adopting the South Somerset name in 1985. It was formed by the merger of the municipal boroughs of Chard, Yeovil, along with Crewkerne and Ilminster urban districts and the Chard Rural District, Langport Rural District, Wincanton Rural District and Yeovil Rural District.
The district covered the whole of the Yeovil constituency, and part of Somerton and Frome. The district was governed by the South Somerset District Council, last elected in the 2019 South Somerset District Council election.

Abolition

On 1 April 2023, the district council was abolished and replaced by Somerset Council, a unitary authority for the area previously served by Somerset County Council.
Elections for the new council took place in May 2022. It ran alongside South Somerset and the other district councils in the county until their abolition.

Towns

Its main towns included:

Wards

The electoral wards included: Camelot and Wessex.

Parishes

Image	Name	Status	Population	Former local authority	Coordinates	Refs
	Abbas and Templecombe	Civil parish	1,560	Wincanton Rural District
	Alford	Civil parish	63	Wincanton Rural District
	Aller	Civil parish	410	Langport Rural District
	Ansford	Civil parish	1,085	Wincanton Rural District
	Ash	Civil parish	626	Yeovil Rural District
	Ashill	Civil parish	529	Chard Rural District
	Babcary	Civil parish	248	Langport Rural District
	Barrington	Civil parish	438	Langport Rural District
	Barton St David	Civil parish	561	Langport Rural District
	Barwick	Civil parish	1,221	Yeovil Rural District
	Beercrocombe	Civil parish	134	Langport Rural District
	Compton Pauncefoot	Civil parish	130	Wincanton Rural District
	Bratton Seymour	Civil parish	104	Wincanton Rural District
	Brewham	Civil parish	441	Wincanton Rural District
	Broadway	Civil parish	740	Chard Rural District
	Bruton	Town	2,907	Wincanton Rural District
	Brympton	Civil parish	7,308	Yeovil Rural District
	Buckland St Mary	Civil parish	521	Chard Rural District
	Castle Cary	Town	2,276	Wincanton Rural District
	Chaffcombe	Civil parish	229	Chard Rural District
	Chard Town	Town	13,074	Chard Municipal Borough
	Charlton Horethorne	Civil parish	591	Wincanton Rural District
	Charlton Mackrell	Civil parish	1,073	Langport Rural District
	Charlton Musgrove	Civil parish	398	Wincanton Rural District
	Chillington	Civil parish	164	Chard Rural District
	Chilthorne Domer	Civil parish	574	Yeovil Rural District
	Chilton Cantelo	Civil parish	445	Yeovil Rural District
	Chiselborough	Civil parish	275	Yeovil Rural District
	Closworth	Civil parish	220	Yeovil Rural District
	Combe St Nicholas	Civil parish	1,373	Chard Rural District
	Compton Dundon	Civil parish	705	Langport Rural District
	Corton Denham	Civil parish	189	Wincanton Rural District
	Crewkerne	Town	7,000	Crewkerne Urban District
	Cricket St Thomas	Civil parish	50	Chard Rural District
	Cucklington	Civil parish	173	Wincanton Rural District
	Cudworth	Civil parish	69	Chard Rural District
	Curry Mallet	Civil parish	306	Langport Rural District
	Curry Rivel	Civil parish	2,148	Langport Rural District
	Dinnington	Civil parish	65	Chard Rural District
	Donyatt	Civil parish	347	Chard Rural District
	Dowlish Wake	Civil parish	277	Chard Rural District
	Drayton	Civil parish	379	Langport Rural District
	East Chinnock	Civil parish	479	Yeovil Rural District
	East Coker	Civil parish	1,667	Yeovil Rural District
	Fivehead	Civil parish	609	Langport Rural District
	Hambridge and Westport	Civil parish	514	Langport Rural District
	Hardington Mandeville	Civil parish	585	Yeovil Rural District
	Haselbury Plucknett	Civil parish	744	Yeovil Rural District
	Henstridge	Civil parish	1,814	Wincanton Rural District
	High Ham	Civil parish	909	Langport Rural District
	Hinton St George	Civil parish	442	Chard Rural District
	Holton	Civil parish	238	Wincanton Rural District
	Horsington	Civil parish	571	Wincanton Rural District
	Horton	Civil parish	812	Chard Rural District
	Huish Episcopi	Civil parish	2,095	Langport Rural District
	Ilchester	Civil parish	2,153	Yeovil Rural District
	Ilminster	Town	5,808	Chard Rural District Ilminster Urban District
	Ilton	Civil parish	854	Chard Rural District
	Isle Abbots	Civil parish	205	Langport Rural District
	Isle Brewers	Civil parish	150	Langport Rural District
	Keinton Mandeville	Civil parish	1,068	Langport Rural District
	Kingsbury Episcopi	Civil parish	1,307	Langport Rural District
	Kingsdon	Civil parish	303	Langport Rural District
	Kingstone	Civil parish	83	Chard Rural District
	Kingweston	Civil parish	128	Langport Rural District
	Knowle St Giles	Civil parish	244	Chard Rural District
	Langport	Town	1,081	Langport Rural District
	Long Load	Civil parish	332	Yeovil Rural District
	Long Sutton	Civil parish	833	Langport Rural District
	Lopen	Civil parish	260	Chard Rural District
	Lovington	Civil parish	141	Wincanton Rural District
	Maperton	Civil parish	140	Wincanton Rural District
	Marston Magna	Civil parish	523	Yeovil Rural District
	Martock	Civil parish	4,766	Yeovil Rural District
	Merriott	Civil parish	1,979	Chard Rural District
	Milborne Port	Civil parish	2,802	Wincanton Rural District
	Misterton	Civil parish	826	Chard Rural District
	Montacute	Civil parish	831	Yeovil Rural District
	Muchelney	Civil parish	195	Langport Rural District
	Mudford	Civil parish	696	Yeovil Rural District
	North Barrow	Civil parish	233	Wincanton Rural District
	North Cadbury	Civil parish	950	Wincanton Rural District
	North Cheriton	Civil parish	208	Wincanton Rural District
	North Perrott	Civil parish	246	Yeovil Rural District
	Norton sub Hamdon	Civil parish	743	Yeovil Rural District
	Odcombe	Civil parish	759	Yeovil Rural District
	Penselwood	Civil parish	273	Wincanton Rural District
	Pitcombe	Civil parish	532	Wincanton Rural District
	Pitney	Civil parish	374	Langport Rural District
	Puckington	Civil parish	117	Langport Rural District
	Queen Camel	Civil parish	908	Wincanton Rural District
	Rimpton	Civil parish	235	Yeovil Rural District
	Seavington St Mary	Civil parish	384	Chard Rural District
	Seavington St Michael	Civil parish	127	Chard Rural District
	Shepton Beauchamp	Civil parish	728	Chard Rural District
	Shepton Montague	Civil parish	208	Wincanton Rural District
	Somerton	Town	4,697	Langport Rural District
	South Barrow	Civil parish	162	Wincanton Rural District
	South Cadbury	Civil parish	284	Wincanton Rural District
	South Petherton	Civil parish	3,367	Yeovil Rural District
	Sparkford	Civil parish	617	Wincanton Rural District
	Stocklinch	Civil parish	154	Chard Rural District
	Stoke sub Hamdon	Civil parish	1,068	Yeovil Rural District
	Stoke Trister	Civil parish	313	Wincanton Rural District
	Tatworth and Forton	Civil parish	2,660	Chard Rural District
	Tintinhull	Civil parish	902	Yeovil Rural District
	Wambrook	Civil parish	184	Chard Rural District
	Wayford	Civil parish	114	Chard Rural District
	West Camel	Civil parish	459	Yeovil Rural District
	West and Middle Chinnock	Civil parish	592	Yeovil Rural District
	West Coker	Civil parish	2,018	Yeovil Rural District
	West Crewkerne	Civil parish	631	Chard Rural District
	Whitelackington	Civil parish	209	Chard Rural District
	Whitestaunton	Civil parish	256	Chard Rural District
	Wincanton	Town	5,272	Wincanton Rural District
	Winsham	Civil parish	748	Chard Rural District
	Yarlington	Civil parish	123	Wincanton Rural District
	Yeovil	Town	30,378	Yeovil Municipal Borough
	Yeovil Without	Civil parish	6,834	Yeovil Rural District
	Yeovilton and District	Civil parish	1,425	Yeovil Rural District

Major roads

Railway stations

Heritage Railways

Chard branch line, former Great Western Railway line between Chard and Taunton
Yeovil Railway Centre

Education

County schools in the five non-metropolitan districts of the county were operated by Somerset County Council.
For a full list of schools see: List of schools in Somerset