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Mendip
Mendip is also a shortened name for The Mendip Hills , from which this district takes its name.
Mendip is a local government district of Somerset in England . It covers an area of land ranging from the Mendip Hills through on to the Somerset Levels . The administrative centre of the district is Shepton Mallet .
The district was formed on April 1 , 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 , by a merger of the municipal boroughs of Glastonbury and Wells , along with Frome , Shepton Mallet , Street urban districts , and Frome Rural District , Shepton Mallet Rural District , Wells Rural District , and part of Axbridge Rural District and part of Clutton Rural District .
The five main settlements in Mendip are:
Frome, Glastonbury and Shepton Mallet are the only towns in the district, as Wells has city status and Street has maintained its status as a village despite a population in excess of 11,000.
Other villages and hamlets include:
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Boroughs or districts
Cities and towns
Axbridge ,
Bath ,
Bridgwater ,
Burnham-on-Sea ,
Chard ,
Clevedon ,
Crewkerne ,
Frome ,
Glastonbury ,
Highbridge ,
Ilminster ,
Keynsham ,
Midsomer Norton ,
Minehead ,
Nailsea ,
North Petherton ,
Portishead ,
Radstock ,
Shepton Mallet ,
South Petherton ,
Street ,
Taunton ,
Watchet ,
Wellington ,
Wells ,
Weston-super-Mare ,
Wincanton ,
Wiveliscombe ,
Yeovil
See also: List of civil parishes in Somerset
Rivers
Aller ,
Avon ,
Axe ,
Barle ,
Brue ,
Cam Brook ,
Cary ,
Chew ,
Congresbury Yeo ,
East Lyn ,
Exe ,
Frome ,
Haddeo ,
Hoar Oak Water ,
Holford ,
Horner ,
Huntspill ,
Isle ,
Midford Brook ,
Parret ,
Severn Estuary ,
Sheppey ,
Somer ,
Tone ,
Washford ,
Wellow Brook ,
West Lyn
Topics
Culture of Somerset ,
Economy of Somerset ,
Geology of Somerset ,
History of Somerset
Geographic areas:
Blackdown Hills ,
Brendon Hills ,
Chew Valley ,
Exmoor ,
Mendip Hills ,
Polden Hills ,
Quantock Hills ,
Somerset Levels
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