Newton County resident Walter Gardner remembers Evers' death and the movement that followed.

NPR: The Legacy of Medgar Evers

After years of challenging the way voting districts are drawn, he succeeded in creating a majority black district in Newton County, and in 1991 was elected the first black county supervisor.

NPR: The Legacy of Medgar Evers

Today, Newton County is 30 percent black.

NPR: The Legacy of Medgar Evers

It is also expected that office premises in Chelston in Somerset and County Hall in Exeter, Newton Abbot and Barnstaple will be retained.

BBC: Somerset

Liberal Democrat Mr Rogerson was part of a delegation from the county - which included Truro and Falmouth Conservative MP Sarah Newton and former North Cornwall Liberal Democrat MP Lord Tyler - who met Ms Soubry on Tuesday to ask for the research to be carried out.

BBC: Lowermoor treatment works, Camelford