Puxton

Puxton

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Puxton
latitude= 51.3673
longitude= -2.8540
civil_parish=
population = 328 [cite web | title=2001 Census data | work=North Somerset Council | url=http://www.n-somerset.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/F235FDB9-576A-4424-8D66-9456A450BE19/0/Census_2001_Puxton.pdf | accessdate=2006-11-27]
unitary_england=North Somerset
lieutenancy_england= Somerset
region= South West England
constituency_westminster= Weston-super-Mare
post_town=
postcode_district=
dial_code=
os_grid_reference= ST405635

Puxton is a village and civil parish, 5 miles north west of Axbridge in North Somerset, England.

The Holy Saviour Church

The Parish Church of St Saviour dates from the 13th century. It is a small, mostly unaltered medieval church with a leaning tower due to the peaty foundations of which the church was built upon, and has the royal arms of 1751 over the south door. It is a grade I listed building. [cite web | title=Parish Church of St Saviour | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=33318 | accessdate=2006-11-17]

Nearby is Puxton Moor a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

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