- Pilton, Somerset
infobox UK place
country=England
official_name= Pilton
latitude= 51.1663
longitude= -2.587
civil_parish=
population = 1,028cite web|url=http://www.somerset.gov.uk/media/030F1/mendip_02mye.pdf|title=Mendip Parish Population Estimates|date=2002|work=2002 Population estimates|publisher=Somerset County Council|accessdate=2008-09-28]
shire_district=Mendip
shire_county =Somerset
region= South West England
constituency_westminster= Wells
post_town= Shepton Mallet
postcode_district= BA4 4
postcode_area= BA
dial_code= 01749
os_grid_reference= ST595405Pilton is a village in
Somerset ,England , situated on theA361 road in theMendip district, 3 miles (5 km) south west ofShepton Mallet and 6 miles (10 km) east ofGlastonbury . The village has apopulation of 1,030 (2002 estimate).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 whereJoseph of Arimathea landed in Britain in the1st century .Pilton is famous as the location of the
Glastonbury Festival , which is run by Pilton farmerMichael Eavis and his daughter Emily. Being the village at which the festival is held, all villagers get a free ticket, and should get compensation money instead if they choose to, but often don't get the money.Fact|date=September 2008Church
The present Norman and
Medieval village church, dedicated to St John the Baptist, may stand on the site of an earlierwattle and daub church built by the early missionaries. It has been designated byEnglish Heritage as a Grade Ilisted building . [cite web|url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=267626|title= Church of St John the Baptist|work=Images of England|publisher=English Heritage|accessdate=2008-09-28]Listed buildings
The village has a grade II* listed
manor house [cite web|url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=267585|title=The Manor House and attached wall to rear|work=Images of England|publisher=English Heritage|accessdate=2008-09-28] and a grade I listedtithe barn , which belonged toGlastonbury Abbey . [cite web|url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=267584|title=Former Tithe Barn in farmyard at Cumhill Farm|work=Images of England|publisher=English Heritage|accessdate=2008-09-28]References
External links
* [http://www.pilton.com Pilton village website]
* [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Pilton/index.html GENUKI entry for Pilton]
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