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[[File:North Somerset UK locator map.svg|thumb|Location of North Somerset within Somerset]]'''North Somerset''' is a unitary authority in south-west [[England]], within the ceremonial county of [[Somerset]]. From 1974 to 1996 it was the Woodspring district of the short-lived county of [[Avon]]. The main town in the area is the seaside resort of '''Weston-super-Mare'''.
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[[File:North Somerset UK locator map.svg|thumb|Location of North Somerset within Somerset]]'''North Somerset''' is a unitary authority in south-west [[England]], within the ceremonial county of [[Somerset]]. From 1974 to 1996 it was the Woodspring district of the short-lived county of [[Avon]]. The main town in the area is the seaside resort of [[Weston-super-Mare]].
  
 
==LGBT history==
 
==LGBT history==
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[[Robert Carr]], 1st Earl of Somerset, was born in [[Wrington]] in 1587.
  
 
There is a Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and North Somerset group of the [[Gay Outdoor Club]].<ref>http://www.goc.org.uk/groups/wiltsglos</ref>
 
There is a Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and North Somerset group of the [[Gay Outdoor Club]].<ref>http://www.goc.org.uk/groups/wiltsglos</ref>
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There is a [[North Somerset LGBT Forum]].
  
 
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Latest revision as of 22:06, 13 March 2016

Location of North Somerset within Somerset
North Somerset is a unitary authority in south-west England, within the ceremonial county of Somerset. From 1974 to 1996 it was the Woodspring district of the short-lived county of Avon. The main town in the area is the seaside resort of Weston-super-Mare.

LGBT history

Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, was born in Wrington in 1587.

There is a Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and North Somerset group of the Gay Outdoor Club.[1]

There is a North Somerset LGBT Forum.

This article is a stub. You can help the UK LGBT History Project by expanding it.

References

  1. http://www.goc.org.uk/groups/wiltsglos