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Bude–Stratton ( kw, Bud–Strasnedh) is a

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, England. The largest settlement in the parish is the

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Bude Bude (; kw, Porthbud) is a seaside town in north east Cornwall, England, in the civil parish of Bude-Stratton and at the mouth of the River Neet (also known locally as the River Strat). It was sometimes formerly known as Bude Haven.''Corni ...

. The parish also includes the market town of Stratton and the settlements of

Flexbury Flexbury is a village about 0.8 miles from Bude, in the civil parish of Bude–Stratton Bude–Stratton ( kw, Bud–Strasnedh) is a civil parish in Cornwall, England. The largest settlement in the parish is the seaside town of Bude. The pa ...

Poughill Poughill (pronounced "Pofil" or "Puffil") is a village in north-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is located one mile north of Bude. History Poughill is mentioned in the Domesday Book as ''Pochehelle''. The name is of uncertain ori ...

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, Maer and Northcott north of Bude, and Upton, Lynstone, Thorne and Hele south of Bude. In the 2011 census the population of the civil parish was 9,934. Bude–Stratton is part of the

North Cornwall North Cornwall ( kw, An Tiredh Uhel) is an area of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is also the name of a former local government district, which was administered from Bodmin and Wadebridge . Other towns in the area are Launceston, Bude, P ...

parliamentary constituency, represented since 2015 by Scott Mann MP.

History

Bude–Stratton originated in 1900 as an

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. It was formed from parts of the civil parishes of Stratton (Bude, Stratton, Upton and Lynstone) and Poughill (Flexbury). In 1934 the urban district was enlarged to absorb the remainder of the civil parishes of Stratton and Poughill (including the village of Poughill), which were then abolished. The boundaries of the urban district were then unchanged until 1974, when it was abolished and became part of the new

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. Bude–Stratton was reformed as a

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, a civil parish with more limited powers than the former urban district. The parish council of the civil parish resolved to declare its area a "town", with the council known as a "town council". In April 2009 North Cornwall District was abolished and replaced by

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of the Bude-Stratton urban district council were: Arg. two bars wavy Az. within a bordure Sa. bezantee on a chief Gu. a cross formed of the field between two clarions Or. The Arms were transferred to Bude-Stratton Town Council by consent and grant of the

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Twinning

Bude–Stratton is

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with Ergue-Gaberic (An Erge Vras) in

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Notable people

John Bolitho John Bolitho (1930–2005; kw, Jowan Bolitho) was born in Bude in Cornwall, and spent his working life in the Royal Navy, the theatre and television (including performances in the Black and White Minstrel Show, the Royal Variety Performance and t ...

, Grand bard of the Cornish Gorsedd * Sir

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, surgeon,

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, and pioneer of applying

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* Sir Henry Lovell Goldsworthy Gurney, colonial administratorA. J. Stockwell, ‘Gurney, Sir Henry Lovell Goldsworthy (1898–1951)’,

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References

External links

Bude-Stratton Town Council

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