Comment by jen20

> which is sort of north Somerset (Somerset keeps on morphing faster than a sci-fi shapeshifter).

The seats in parliament that represent it and the local authority structure have changed, of course, the same as everywhere else in the country, but the boundaries of Somerset have remained constant for a long time.

Bristol is absolutely not "North Somerset" as a general case (though certain suburbs do extend into Somerset counties, but on that basis Bristol is as much "South Gloucestershire").

> Ooh, BANES - Somerset? Not today thank you. It goes on.

Bath has always been in Somerset and "BANES" literally stands for "Bath and North East Somerset".