Place:Pilton, Somerset, England

Watchers
NamePilton
Alt namesWestholm-with-Holtsource: Family History Library Catalog
Beardly Batchsource: hamlet in parish
Cannards Gravesource: hamlet in parish
East Comptonsource: hamlet in parish
West Comptonsource: hamlet in parish
Westholmesource: hamlet in parish
TypeAncient parish, Civil parish
Coordinates51.166°N 2.587°W
Located inSomerset, England
See alsoWhitstone Hundred, Somerset, Englandhundred in which it was located
Shepton Mallet Rural, Somerset, Englandrural district 1894-1974
Mendip District, Somerset, Englandnon-metropolitan district in existence since 1974 which includes Pilton
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Pilton (#19 on map) is a civil parish with a village of the same name in Somerset, England, situated on the A361 road in the Mendip District, 3 miles (5 km) southwest of Shepton Mallet and 6 miles (10 km) east of Glastonbury. The village has a population of 998 according to the 2011 UK census. The parish includes the hamlets of West Compton, East Compton, Westholme (sometimes known as Westholm with Holt), Beardly Batch and Cannards Grave.

Governance

Pilton was a parish in the Whitstone Hundred, one of the hundreds or early subdivisions of the county of Somerset. From 1894 until 1974 it was part of the Shepton Mallet Rural District.

In 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, all urban and rural districts across England were abolished and counties were reorganized into metropolitan and non-metropolitan districts. Pilton has been in the non-metropolitan Mendip District since 1974.

Image:Shepton Mallet Rural small.png

Research Tips

  • GENUKI page on Pilton.
  • The Somerset Heritage Centre (incorporating what was formerly the Somerset Record Office and the Somerset Local Studies Library) can be found at its new location at Langford Mead in Taunton. It has an online search facility leading to pages of interest, including maps from the First and Second Ordnance Survey (select "Maps and Postcards" from the list at the left, then enter the parish in the search box).
    The Heritage Centre has an email address: archives@somerset.gov.uk.
  • Three maps on the A Vision of Britain through Time website illustrate the changes in political boundaries over the period 1830-1945. All have expanding scales and on the second and third this facility is sufficient that individual parishes can be inspected.
  • Somerset Hundreds as drawn in 1832. This map was prepared before The Great Reform Act of that year. Note the polling places and representation of the various parts of the county.
  • Somerset in 1900, an Ordnance Survey map showing rural districts, the boundaries of the larger towns, the smaller civil parishes of the time, and some hamlets and villages in each parish
  • Somerset in 1943, an Ordnance Survey map showing the rural districts after the changes to their structure in the 1930s
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