- Pylle
infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Pylle
latitude= 51.1443longitude= -2.5640
civil_parish=
population = 170 [cite web | title= Mendip Parish Population Estimates 2002 | work=Somerset County Council | url=http://www.somerset.gov.uk/media/030F1/mendip_02mye.pdf | accessdate=2006-11-25]
shire_district=Mendip
shire_county =Somerset
region= South West Englandconstituency_westminster= Somerton and Frome
post_town=
postcode_district= BA4
postcode_area=BA
dial_code=
os_grid_reference= ST605385
Ambulance= South WesternPylle is a village and
civil parish 4 miles south west ofShepton Mallet , and 7 miles fromWells , in theMendip district ofSomerset ,England .Pylle falls within the
tithing of Pylle, the hundred of Whitstone, theregistration district of Mendip, previously within [http://www.fhsc.org.uk/genuki/REG/districts/shepton%20mallet.html Shepton Mallet] until 1936.The Church of St
Thomas à Becket was rebuilt in 1868 for the Portman family, but a 15th century tower from the earlier church remains. It is listed as a Grade II* building. [cite web | title=Church of St Thomas a Beckett | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=267649 | accessdate=2006-11-25] (Listed buildings are graded by their architectural or historical importance, and are either Grade I, II* or II on the English Heritage list. Grade I buildings are of international importance, Grade II* are regarded as "outstanding," and all others are Graded II for their national significance.)Pylle Manor probably dates from the 17th century, with an 18th century staircase, and is also listed as a Grade II* building. [cite web | title=Pylle Manor | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=267650 | accessdate=2006-11-25]
Pylle railway station was a station on the Highbridge branch of theSomerset and Dorset Joint Railway . It opened in 1862 and closed in 1966.Genealogical resources
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Somerset Archive & Record Service summary of holdings for [http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/ASP/parish.asp?Parish=Pylle parish of Pylle]
* [http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/somerset/pylle_marriages.htm Transcription of Pylle, Somerset - marriages 1591 to 1799]References
External links
* [http://www.somerset3d.co.uk/logos%20&%20pictures/town%20&%20village%20pages/pylle.htm Photos of Pylle in 3d (Anaglyphs)]
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