Wraxall and Failand
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Wraxall and Failand, formerly just Wraxall is a civil parish in the North Somerset district, in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. It includes the villages of Wraxall and Failand. In 2011 it had a population of 2,302.[1] On 1 October 1996 the parish was renamed from "Wraxall" to "Wraxall and Failand".[2]
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Wraxall and Failand | |
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Location within Somerset | |
Population | 2,302 (2011)[1] |
OS grid reference | ST495715 |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Bristol |
Postcode district | BS8, BS48 |
Dialling code | 01275 |
Police | Avon and Somerset |
Fire | Avon |
Ambulance | South Western |
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51.4402°N 2.7279°W / 51.4402; -2.7279 |
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The parish contains the remains of Wraxall Camp, an Iron Age settlement that seems to have been a farmstead and is now a listed monument.[3] In Richard II's reign, the village was spelled Wrexhale in the record of a suspicious death.