Pilton, Somerset
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| Pilton | |
  Pilton shown within Somerset |
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| Population | 1,028[1] |
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| OS grid reference | |
| District | Mendip |
| Shire county | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Shepton Mallet |
| Postcode district | BA4 4 |
| Dialling code | 01749 |
| Police | Avon and Somerset |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| European Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | Wells |
| List of places: UK • England • Somerset | |
Pilton is a village in Somerset, England, situated on the A361 road in the Mendip district, 3 miles (5 km) south west of Shepton Mallet and 6 miles (10 km) east of Glastonbury. The village has a population of 1,030 (2002 estimate).[1]
Pilton is now almost 20 miles (32 km) from the sea but sits on the edge of the Somerset Levels, an area which has now been drained but was once a shallow tidal lake. In Saxon times Pilton, then known as Pooltown, was a harbour and according to legend it is where Joseph of Arimathea landed in Britain in the 1st century.
Pilton is famous as the location of the Glastonbury Festival, which is run by Pilton farmer Michael Eavis and his daughter Emily
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[edit] Church
The present Norman and Medieval village church, dedicated to St John the Baptist, may stand on the site of an earlier wattle and daub church built by the early missionaries. It is a Grade I listed building
[edit] Listed buildings
The village has a grade II* listed manor house and a grade I listed tithe barn, which belonged to Glastonbury Abbey.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Mendip Parish Population Estimates 2002 (PDF). Somerset County Council. Retrieved on 2006-11-25.
- The 1985 AA illustrated guide to the country towns and villages of Britain.
- Church of St John the Baptist at Images of England
- Manor House at Images of England
- Tithe Barn at Images of England
