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Sedgemoor
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| Sedgemoor District | |
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 Shown within Somerset |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | District |
| Region: | South West England |
| Admin. County: | Somerset |
| Area: - Total |
Ranked 88th 564.36 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Bridgwater |
| ONS code: | 40UC |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density |
Ranked 197th 109,900 195 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 98.9% White |
| Politics | |
| Sedgemoor District Council http://www.sedgemoor.gov.uk/ |
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| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative |
| MPs: | David Heathcoat-Amory, Ian Liddell-Grainger |
Sedgemoor is a local government district of Somerset in England.
A low lying area of land close to sea level between the Quantock and Mendip hills, historically largely marsh (or moor) and contains the bulk of the area also known as the Somerset Levels, including the World's oldest known engineered roadway, the Sweet Track.
The district was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the municipal borough of Bridgwater, the Burnham-on-Sea urban district, Bridgwater Rural District and part of Axbridge Rural District.
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Sedgemoor does not mean "sedge moor", but is instead "marsh of a man called Sicga" from the Old Norse personal name Sicga and Old English mor "moor". The name was recorded as Secgamere in 1165.
- Bridgwater - the administrative center
- Burnham on Sea
- North Petherton
Light industry now predominates, but traditional trades include peat extraction, willow crafts and cider making can still be found, in addition to livestock farming. The River Parrett provides a source of eels (anguilla anguilla) and elvers during January through to May.
- Sedgemoor District Council
- Sedgemoor Tourism Association
- Somerset by the Sea (tourism website)
- BBC Somerset
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Counties with multiple districts: Cornwall - Devon - Dorset - Gloucestershire - Somerset - Wiltshire |