48-797: Michael Joseph may refer to: Michael An Gof (Michael Joseph, died 1497), Cornish rebel Michael Joseph (publisher) (1897–1958), British publisher and writer M. K. Joseph (Michael Kennedy Joseph, 1914–1981), New Zealand novelist Michael Joseph (businessman) , Kenyan-American business executive Michael Joseph (Belizean sprinter) (born 1971), Belizean sprinter Michael Joseph (sailor) (born 1973), Caymanian sailor Michael Joseph (Saint Lucian sprinter) (born 2002), Saint Lucian sprinter Michael Joseph (photographer) , American portrait photographer See also [ edit ] All pages with titles beginning with Michael Joseph Michael Josephs , composer [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
96-457: A Mayor and Deputy Mayor. The first elections to the new parish council were held on 4 May 2023 with 19 Liberal Democrat councillors and one Conservative councillor being elected to represent 14 wards. The council is expected to formally resolve to adopt the style of a Town Council at its first meeting. Taunton was the main settlement and centre of the local government district of Taunton Deane . The district, formed on 1 April 1974 under
144-556: A Ministry of Defence body responsible for providing navigational and other hydrographic information for national, civil and defence requirements. The UKHO is located on Admiralty Way and has a workforce of about 1100. At the start of the Second World War, chart printing moved to Taunton, but the main office did not follow until 1968. Taunton holds the head offices of Western Provident Association, Viridor and CANDAC. Other professional services are based at Blackbrook near
192-482: A brownfield area between Bridgwater and Taunton College and the bus station, the project proposed to build small offices and more riverside housing. The "Cultural Quarter" is the area along the river between Firepool and Tangier. The plans are to extend riverside retail and attract smaller, boutique businesses such as those found at Riverside. Plans for the town centre include more pedestrianisation and greater sizes and numbers of retail units. Several sites along
240-666: A commemorative plaque was unveiled on the wall of Greenwich Park facing Blackheath common. Russell Pascoe composed 'The Martyrdom of An Gof' for the end of the march, which was performed at The Barbican in June 1997. The name "An Gof" is from the Cornish for "the blacksmith". It is the origin of the British surname Angove. Cognates include "Gow" and "Gowan" and the Irish/Scottish McGowan . The Holyer An Gof trophy
288-637: A hall of offices for the Rural Community Council and accommodation for the Somerset Guild of Craftsmen. It later fell into disrepair. The Somerset Buildings Preservation Trust with Falcon Rural Housing purchased and restored it for use as four units of social housing. It is a Grade II* listed building. The grounds of Taunton Castle include the Somerset County Museum and The Castle Hotel , which incorporates
336-534: A hurdle toward his execution, An Gof is reported to have said that he would have "a name perpetual and a fame permanent and immortal". In 1997, the 500th anniversary of the rebellion, a commemorative march (" Keskerdh Kernow 500 ") was held, retracing the route of the original march from St. Keverne (An Gof's home town in Cornwall) to London. A statue depicting An Gof and Flamank was unveiled in St Keverne and
384-610: A nature reserve along the River Tone , has alder and willow woodland, bramble, scrub and rough grassland. The wetter, flood-prone areas feature hemlock water-dropwort , and yellow flag . Silk Mills Park and Ride offer landscaping and ponds in three areas by the Tone. The woodland and grassland support aquatic and marginal vegetation, with various birds, bats, reptiles and invertebrates . Frieze Hill Community Orchard has turned from allotments to rough grassland and orchard . Among
432-414: A painted ceiling. It has been classed by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building . St Margaret's Almshouses was founded as a leper colony in the 12th century. Glastonbury Abbey acquired patronage of it in the late 13th century and rebuilt it as almshouses in the early 16th. From 1612 to 1938 the building continued as such, cared for by a local parish. In the late 1930s it was converted into
480-531: A single unitary authority called Somerset Council with elections for the new authority's 110 councillors (two per electoral division) having taken place on 5 May 2022. Taunton and Wellington is a county constituency of the House of Commons . It is based on the town, but extends to Wellington . The current MP is Gideon Amos of the Liberal Democrats . Taunton lies on the River Tone between
528-577: Is Priory Fields in Priory Avenue, with eight units and an anchor store, Wickes . It was redeveloped in 2003 to modernise a rather worn-out retail park and increase retail floor space. The Old Market was a farmers' market in the Parade in front of Market House, but then moved to the Firepool area, although cattle trading on the site ceased only in 2008. A large indoor shopping centre to the east of
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#1732773313158576-868: Is a market town and has a minster church . Its population in 2011 was 64,621. Its thousand-year history includes a 10th-century monastic foundation , owned by the Bishops of Winchester , which was rebuilt as Taunton Castle by the Normans in the 12th century. Parts of the inner ward house were turned into the Museum of Somerset and Somerset Military Museum. For the Second Cornish uprising of 1497 , Perkin Warbeck brought an army of 6,000; most surrendered to Henry VII on 4 October 1497. On 20 June 1685 in Taunton
624-467: Is an annual award for the best publication on Cornwall, and part of the Cornish Gorsedd ( Gorsedh Kernow ). An Gof 's name was later used by a Cornish nationalist extremist organisation. An Gof was the name of a rock group who performed a song on the album Keltia Rok in 1987. Taunton Taunton ( / ˈ t ɔː n t ən / ) is the county town of Somerset , England. It
672-475: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Michael An Gof Michael Joseph (died 27 June 1497 ), better known as Michael An Gof , was one of the leaders of the Cornish rebellion of 1497 , along with Thomas Flamank . The rebels marched on London to protest against King Henry VII 's levy of a tax to pay for an invasion of Scotland in response to
720-611: Is home to the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office on Admiralty Way. The popular Taunton flower show has been held in Vivary Park since 1866, and on 13 March 2022, St Mary Magdalene parish church was elevated to the status of Taunton Minster . The town name derives from "Town on the River Tone " or Tone Town. Cambria Farm , which now hosts a park and ride close to the M5 motorway Junction 25,
768-574: The Battle of Tewkesbury . In the Second Cornish uprising of 1497 most Cornish gentry supported Perkin Warbeck 's cause and on 17 September a Cornish army some 6,000 strong entered Exeter before advancing on Taunton. Henry VII sent his chief general, Giles, Lord Daubeney , to attack the Cornish. When Warbeck heard that the King's scouts were at Glastonbury he panicked and deserted his army. On 4 October 1497, Henry VII reached Taunton, where he received
816-739: The Brewhouse Theatre . Towards the centre are the Zinc Nightclub, Bridge Street and Goodlands Gardens. A current regeneration programme north of Bridge Street will include redeveloping the County Cricket Ground , which hosted open-air concerts for Elton John in 2006 and 2012 and for Rod Stewart in 2014. Hankridge Farm, a retail park close to the M5 motorway, has stores that include Currys PC World , Oak Furniture Land , Hobbycraft , Halfords , B&Q , The Range and
864-622: The Duke of Monmouth crowned himself King of England in a rebellion, defeated at the Battle of Sedgemoor . Judge Jeffreys led the Bloody Assizes in the Castle's Great Hall. The Grand Western Canal reached Taunton in 1839 and the Bristol and Exeter Railway in 1842. Today it hosts Musgrove Park Hospital , Somerset County Cricket Club , is the base of 40 Commando , Royal Marines , and
912-842: The Local Government Act 1972 , by merging the municipal borough of Taunton, Wellington urban district , Taunton Rural District , and Wellington Rural District , was granted borough status in 1975, perpetuating the mayoralty of Taunton. The district was named as an alternate form of the Taunton hundred . Taunton Deane Council, once based at the Municipal Buildings in Corporation Street, moved to modern facilities at Deane House on Belvedere Road in spring 1987. Taunton Deane merged with West Somerset to form Somerset West and Taunton in 2019, and
960-484: The Monmouth Rebellion . In the autumn of that year Judge Jeffreys lived in the town during the Bloody Assizes that followed the Battle of Sedgemoor . The town lacked a charter of incorporation until 1627. This was renewed in 1677, but lapsed in 1792 due to vacancies in the corporate body, and was not reincorporated until 1877. The medieval fairs and markets (a weekly market remains) were celebrated for
1008-705: The National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 . South Taunton Streams is an urban wetland. The northern suburbs include the Children's Wood riverside reserve, a movement corridor for animals such as otters along the banks of the Tone. Birds include the kingfisher , dipper , grey wagtail , mute swan , grey heron and reed warbler and butterflies the small and large skipper , marbled white , small heath and small copper , along with dragonflies and damselflies . Weirfield Riverside,
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#17327733131581056-792: The Quantock , Blackdown and Brendon hills. The area is known as the Vale of Taunton. It is surrounded by many other large towns and cities seen on this directional compass: Taunton is 38 miles (61 km) south-west of Bristol , 28 miles (45 km) north-east of Exeter , 63 miles (101 km) north-east of Plymouth and 40 miles (64 km) north-west of Weymouth . The Taunton area has Permian red sandstones and breccia outcrop 295–250 million years old. Rocks of Triassic age (248–204 million years ago) underlie much of Somerset's moors and levels. The several local nature reserves in and around Taunton are protected under Section 21 of
1104-420: The unitary authority of Somerset Council . A large part of the town was unparished from the 1974 local government reorganisation until 1 April 2023, when a new Parish Council came into being following a Community Governance Review held by Somerset West and Taunton Council. While the town was unparished, Charter Trustees made up of the district councillors representing wards in the unparished area elected
1152-581: The Castle Bow archway. With the municipal buildings they form a three-sided group just beyond the Castle Bow archway from Fore Street. A plain brick Mecca Bingo hall fills the west side of it. The frontage of the Fore Street Tudor Tavern , now a Caffè Nero branch, dates from 1578, but the rest is thought to be from the 14th century. The riverside area north of the centre is edged by Morrisons supermarket, retirement housing and
1200-752: The King's forces at the Battle of Deptford Bridge on 17 June 1497 on a site adjacent to the River Ravensbourne . Michael fled to Greenwich after the battle, but was captured and sent to the Tower of London . As one of the leaders, Michael An Gof was executed with Flamank on 27 June 1497. A 16th-century source relates that they suffered the highest penalty for traitors: to be hanged, drawn and quartered . But an even earlier authority states that they were hanged until dead before being beheaded and quartered. Their heads were displayed on London Bridge and their quarters at other locations. While being pulled on
1248-608: The River Tone are set for renovation. Firepool Weir lock, long silted up, was to be dredged in 2011 to allow boats to pass from the navigable section of the Tone through Taunton to the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal . Goodland Gardens received a makeover and a new café, The Shed, opened. Projects to develop Somerset Square (a paved area next to the Brewhouse Theatre ) and Longrun Meadow (a country park near Bridgwater & Taunton College) have been put forward. Traffic congestion
1296-620: The Scots' support of the pretender Perkin Warbeck . The Cornish believed that this was a northern affair and had nothing to do with them; they also believed that the tax was the work of the King's corrupt counsellors and marched to London to bring this to the King's attention. A blacksmith (An Gof) named Michael Joseph lived at St Keverne on the Lizard peninsula . He is described as "a notable prating fellow who by thrusting himself forward on every occasion, and being loudest in every complaint against
1344-588: The Second World War, the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal formed part of the Taunton Stop Line , set to curb any advance of a German invasion. Pillboxes can still be seen along its length. A fire aboard a Penzance to London sleeping car train approaching Taunton in 1978 killed 12 passengers and injured 15 others. Taunton was rated "strategically important" in the government's Regional Spatial Strategy, allowing Somerset County Council to receive funding for large-scale regeneration projects. In 2006,
1392-527: The apples grown are Kingston Black and Yarlington Mill . Like most of South West England , Taunton has a temperate climate, wetter and milder than the rest of the country. The annual mean temperature is about 10 °C (50.0 °F). Seasonal temperature variation is less extreme because of the adjacent sea. The summer months of July and August have mean daily maxima of about 21 °C (69.8 °F). In winter, mean minimum temperatures of 1 °C (33.8 °F) or 2 °C (35.6 °F) are common. In
1440-563: The council revealed plans dubbed "Project Taunton". This would see regeneration of the areas of Firepool, Tangier, the retail town centre, the cultural quarter, and the River Tone, to sustain Taunton as business hub in the South West. The Firepool area, just north of the town centre by the main railway station, includes vacant or undeveloped land. The council is promoting sustainable, high-quality, employment-led mixed-use development to attract 3,000 new jobs and 500 new homes. In Tangier,
1488-631: The county-town status passed to Taunton about 1366. Between 1209 and 1311 the Bishop of Winchester's manor of Taunton expanded two-and-a-half times. The parishes of Staplegrove, Wilton and Taunton were part of Taunton Deane hundred . In 1451, during the Wars of the Roses , Taunton saw a skirmish between the Earl of Devon , and Baron Bonville . Queen Margaret and her troops passed through in 1471 to defeat at
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1536-460: The government, acquired an authority among these simple people, and was ready to lead them to any desperate enterprise". Michael Joseph was chosen by the people of St. Keverne to challenge the tax. When he and his followers reached Bodmin, they were joined by Thomas Flamank , a local lawyer. Flamank argued that it was the business of the barons of the north to defend the Scottish border, and that
1584-601: The larger borough of Taunton Deane, which includes the town of Wellington and surrounding villages. This had an estimated population of 109,883 in 2010. The figures here are for the Taunton Deane area. In 2011, Taunton built-up area had a population of 60,479 and the surrounding borough of Taunton Deane one of 110,187. Of Taunton's residents 91.6 per cent were White British in 2011, compared with 93.4 per cent for Taunton Deane. Taunton's ethnic mix resembles that of South West England – 91.8 per cent White British in
1632-418: The manor, and obtained the first charter for their "men of Taunton" from King Edward in 904, freeing them from all royal and county tribute. Some time before Domesday, Taunton became a borough with privileges and a population of some 1,500, including 64 burgesses governed by a portreeve appointed by the bishops. Somerton took over from Ilchester as county town in the late 13th century, but declined;
1680-521: The march had been relatively peaceable, but when they reached Taunton in Somerset, Provost Perrin, an officer and commissioner who was collecting the tax, was killed. They hoped to gain support from people in Kent – the focus of Jack Cade 's rebellion of 1450 – but despite heading to Cade's former rallying site at Blackheath they gained little backing. The Cornish rebels were defeated by
1728-540: The motorway junction. The first store of the multinational New Look clothing retailer opened in Taunton in 1969. Taunton is also famed for cider . Gray's Almshouses in East Street, founded by Robert Gray in 1615 for poor single women, are red brick buildings bearing the arms of Robert Gray, dated 1635, and another arms of the Merchant Tailors. A small room used as a chapel has original benches and
1776-553: The neighbouring parishes of Bishop's Hull , Comeytrowe , Norton Fitzwarren , Staplegrove, Trull and West Monkton ) had an estimated population of 61,400 in 2001. Taunton includes Holway, once a village in its own right as one of the Five Hundreds of Taunton Deane , the Infaring division or district of three districts that made up Taunton Deane. Taunton is the largest town in the Somerset shire county and forms part of
1824-469: The sale of woollen cloth called "Tauntons" made in the town. On the decline of the woollen industry in the west of England, silk-weaving was introduced at the end of the 18th century. In 1839 the Grand Western Canal reached Taunton, aiding southward trade, which was enhanced by the arrival of the railway in 1842. A permanent military presence came to Jellalabad Barracks in 1881. In
1872-408: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Joseph&oldid=1214322624 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
1920-399: The same year. It is also matches other major regional centres like Poole and Plymouth . The larger urban area, extending to Monkton Heathfield , Norton Fitzwarren and Bathpool, had a 2011 population of 64,621. Taunton Deane had low unemployment of 4.1 per cent compared with a national average of 5.0 per cent in 2005. Taunton is home to the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO),
1968-493: The summer the Azores high pressure affects the south-west of England, but convective cloud sometimes forms inland, reducing the sunshine hours. Annual sunshine rates are slightly under the regional average of 1,600 hours. Most of the rainfall in the south-west is caused by Atlantic depressions or by convection – in autumn and winter by the former, which are then at their most active. In summer, much rainfall results from
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2016-430: The sun heating the ground, leading to convection, showers and thunderstorms. Average rainfall is about 700 mm (28 in). Some 8–15 days of snowfall are typical. November to March have the highest mean winds and June to August the lightest. The prevailing wind direction is from the south-west. The town of Taunton (which for population estimates includes the unparished area or former municipal borough plus
2064-560: The surrender of the remaining Cornish army. Ringleaders were executed and others fined a total of £13,000. Taunton Castle changed hands several times in the Civil War of 1642–1645, as did the town. During the Siege of Taunton it was defended by Robert Blake from July 1644 to July 1645, and suffered destruction of many medieval and Tudor buildings. On 20 June 1685, the Duke of Monmouth crowned himself King of England at Taunton during
2112-506: The tax was illegal. He suggested that the Cornishmen should march on London and present a petition to the king setting forth their grievances against the advisers responsible for the king's action. Under the leadership of Flamank and Joseph, about 6,000 Cornishmen assembled at Bodmin and set out. The army attracted support in provisions and recruits along the way and by the time it reached Devon numbered some 15,000 strong. Up until then
2160-474: The town's second Sainsbury's . There is a Venue in the park with restaurants, an Odeon cinema and a Hollywood Bowl bowling alley. It is now known as Riverside Retail Park. Taunton has three other such parks. Belvedere is near the town centre. St Johns is just off Toneway, towards the motorway, and consists of two units, occupied by DFS , joined by Go Outdoors in April 2014. Taunton's second largest retail park
2208-521: Was abolished on 1 April 2023 when Somerset Council took over. Somerset County Council , which was based at County Hall in Taunton from 1974-2023, consisted of 55 councillors. The town has broadly six electoral divisions, each of which had a single county councillor: Taunton North; Taunton East; Taunton South; Bishop’s Hull & Taunton West; Comeytrowe & Trull, Monkton & North Curry (which includes rural areas). On 1 April 2023, Somerset's county council and four district councils were replaced by
2256-426: Was identified as an obstacle to further economic growth. Part of the strategy was a new road infrastructure consisting of a £7.5 million link road to ease traffic in the town centre (Taunton's "Third Way"), completed in 2011, and a Northern Inner Distributor Road linking Staplegrove Road, the station and Priory Avenue at a planned cost of £21 million, opened in 2017. Taunton is governed by a parish/town council and
2304-498: Was the site of Bronze and Iron Age settlement and a Roman farm. There was a Romano-British village near the suburb of Holway . Taunton was important in Anglo-Saxon times as a burh with a mint . King Ine of Wessex threw up an earthen castle about 700, but it was levelled in 722 by his queen, Æthelburg of Wessex , to prevent seizure by rebels. A monastery was founded before 904. The bishops of Winchester owned
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