Taunton Deane
![](/Images/godic/202502/15/Taunton_Deane_UK_locator_map.svg2817.png")
![Red stone building with square tower. In the foreground is a graveyard.](/Images/godic/202502/15/Bishopslydeardchurch2817.jpg")
![Stone building with square tower.](/Images/godic/202502/15/Church_Bradford_on_Tone_Somerset2817.jpg")
![Church tower seen across fields](/Images/godic/202502/15/Langford_Budville_church2817.jpg")
Not to be confused with Taunton Deane (UK Parliamentary Constituency)
Taunton Deane is a local government district with borough status in Somerset, England. Its council is based in Taunton.
The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the Municipal Borough of Taunton, Wellington Urban District, Taunton Rural District, and Wellington Rural District.