Twerton
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 A view of the closed Twerton-on-Avon railway station. |
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| Twerton shown within Somerset | |
| Population | 5,905 (2011.ward) |
| OS grid reference | ST723642 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BATH |
| Postcode district | BA2 |
| Dialling code | 01225 |
| Police | Avon and Somerset |
| Fire | Avon |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | |
Twerton is a suburb of the city of Bath, Somerset, England, situated to the west of the city, and home to the city's football club, Bath City.
Twerton is served by bus route 5, operated by First Somerset & Avon buses in the Bath area. For a time, there was a duplicate Wessex Connect service, operating under the name Royal Bath. This was discontinued in the summer of 2013. Wessex Connect does still operate the circular route 20A/C (the suffixes denoting anticlockwise and clockwise services respectively), a route previously operated by First.
Twerton high street houses pubs, a minimarket, a new Morrisons local (as of autumn 2013) formerly Blockbuster, a bakery, and two hairdressing salons.
The Whiteway housing estate is located in the south of the Twerton electoral ward.
The Domesday Book of 1086 records that Twerton was held by Nigel de Gournay, who would have won his lands in Englishcombe, Twerton, Swainswick and Barrow Gurney by fighting for William I of England. His original home must have been Gournay, which was half-way between Dieppe and Paris. The parish of Twerton was part of the Wellow Hundred.
Thomas de Gournay was involved with the murder of Edward II at Berkeley Castle in 1327.
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