Walton, Somerset

Walton, Somerset

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Walton
latitude= 51.1240
longitude= -2.7720
civil_parish=
population = 1174 [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 England
constituency_westminster= Wells
post_town= Glastonbury
postcode_district= BA16
postcode_area=BA
dial_code=
os_grid_reference= ST465365

Walton is a village and civil parish 2½ miles south west of Glastonbury in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. The parish includes the hamlet of Asney.

The Church of The Holy Trinity was built in 1866 by John Norton with carved work by Seymour of Taunton. It is a grade II listed building. [cite web | title= Church of The Holy Trinity | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=267807 | accessdate=2006-11-26]

Walton windmill was probably built around 1741 and worked until 1900 it is now a private residence.

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