Pylle

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Pylle
Coordinates: 51.1443° N 2.564° W
Population	170[1]
OS grid reference	ST605385
District	Mendip
Shire county	Somerset
Region	South West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Postcode district	BA4
Police	Avon and Somerset
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Somerton and Frome
European Parliament	South West England
List of places: UK • England • Somerset

Pylle is a village and civil parish 4 miles south west of Shepton Mallet, and 7 miles from Wells, in the Mendip district of Somerset, England.

Pylle falls within the tithing of Pylle, the hundred of Whitstone, the registration district of Mendip, previously within Shepton Mallet until 1936.

The Church of St Thomas a Beckett was rebuilt in 1868 for the Portman familly, but a 15th century from the earlier church remains. It is a grade II* listed building.^[2]

Pylle Manor probably dates from the 17th century and is grade also II* listed.^[3]

[edit] Genealogical resources

• Somerset Archive & Record Service summary of holdings for parish of Pylle
• Transcription of Pylle, Somerset - marriages 1591 to 1799

[edit] References

1. ^ Mendip Parish Population Estimates 2002. Somerset County Council. Retrieved on November 25, 2006.
2. ^ Church of St Thomas a Beckett. Images of England. Retrieved on November 25, 2006.
3. ^ Pylle Manor. Images of England. Retrieved on November 25, 2006.