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Brean
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Brean was part of the hundred of Bempstone.WEB, Bempstone Hundred,weblink A Vision of Britain Through Time, 21 October 2021, During the Bristol Channel floods of 1607 the village was flooded, with seven of its nine houses being destroyed and 26 inhabitants drowned.WEB,weblink 1607 Flood in the Bristol Channel - Was it a UK tsunami?, 2015, 14 June 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160304072043weblink">weblink 4 March 2016, dead, Windmill House, on South Road, was one of the terminuses for the PTAT-1 transatlantic communications cable from Manasquan, New Jersey, United States.Sedgemore District Council - Planning Application 06/88/00020 It was constructed in 1989 by Mercury Communications and closed in 2004.Governance
The parish council has responsibility for local issues, including setting an annual precept (local rate) to cover the council's operating costs and producing annual accounts for public scrutiny. The parish council evaluates local planning applications and works with the local police, district council officers, and neighbourhood watch groups on matters of crime, security, and traffic. The parish council's role also includes initiating projects for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, as well as consulting with the district council on the maintenance, repair, and improvement of highways, drainage, footpaths, public transport, and street cleaning. Conservation matters (including trees and listed buildings) and environmental issues are also the responsibility of the council.For local government purposes, since 1 April 2023, the village comes under the unitary authority of Somerset Council. Prior to this, it was part of the non-metropolitan district of Sedgemoor, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having previously been part of Axbridge Rural District.WEB, Axbridge RD,weblink A vision of Britain Through Time, University of Portsmouth, 4 January 2014, It is also part of the Wells county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election, and was part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament prior to Britain leaving the European Union in January 2020, which elected seven MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.Religious sites
The Church of St Bridget dates from the 13th century, but the fabric is predominantly from the 15th century and was extensively rebuilt around 1882. It is designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building.{{NHLE |desc=Church of St Bridget |num=1262963 |access-date=31 January 2008}} The dedication to St Bridget of Ireland, Abbess of Kildare, who died in 525, is an indication of a Celtic Christian settlement.{{cn|date=May 2022}}Gallery
Image:Breanrescuehovercraft.JPG|Rescue hovercraft on the sand/mud at BreanImage:Stbridgetschurchbrean.JPG|St Bridget's ChurchImage:BreanLandYacht.jpg|Land yachts on the beach at BreanImage:Brean 4.jpg|Aerial view of Brean.References
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{{Commons category|Brean}}- Brean Parish Council web site
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