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Bridgwater

British  
/ ˈbrɪdʒˌwɔːtə /

noun

  1. a town in SW England, in central Somerset. Pop: 36 563 (2001)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Tamzin Hall, 17, from Wellington in Somerset, sustained fatal injuries when she was struck by a car on the M5, between Taunton and Bridgwater shortly after 23:00 GMT on 11 November.

From BBC Sep. 24, 2025

Tamzin's support workers called police, who were going to transport her to custody in Bridgwater from her care home in Taunton at about 22:40 GMT.

From BBC Sep. 24, 2025

Over a three-day period in 2023, Ms Baskwill - who was based at Bridgwater Police Station - was found to have spent nearly nine hours browsing through shopping websites while on duty.

From BBC Apr. 10, 2025

Tamzin Hall, was being taken to a custody suite in Bridgwater by two officers in an Avon and Somerset Police car from an address in Taunton, Somerset.

From BBC Nov. 26, 2024

The Mohuns, coming from Dunster, settled at Hall House in this parish in the fourteenth century; it was doubtless in connection with them that the church once belonged to a Bridgwater foundation.

From The Cornwall Coast by Arthur L. (Arthur Leslie) Salmon

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