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Baltonsborough Baltonsborough is a village and civil parish in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. According to the 2011 census the parish had a population of 864. As well as Baltonsborough village, the parish contains the hamlets of Ham Street, Catsham ...
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, England, was built in the 15th century. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The dedication honours St Dunstan who was born in Baltonsborough in 909, and eventually became Archbishop of Canterbury and an important monastic reformer of the Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon period. Legends attached to Dunstan portray him nailing a horseshoe onto the devil, earning him a place as a patron saint of blacksmiths. There is a four bay nave and two bay chancel. The nave is particularly wide and has caused stress in the roof and an outward lean in the north wall. The church's simple Somerset Towers, Somerset tower is topped by an elaborate ironwork weather vane crafted by the local blacksmith in the 19th century. The interior includes a 15th-century Baptismal font, font. The screen was designed by Frederick Bligh Bond. The churchyard contains Commonwealth War Graves Commission, war graves of a Somerset Light Infantry soldier of World War I and a Royal Navy sailor of World War II.
CWGC Cemetery report, detail from casualty record. The parish is part of the benefice of Baltonsborough with Butleigh, West Bradley and West Pennard, which is known as the Brue Benefice. One former vicar of the church was Noel Mellish, Edward Mellish who was awarded the Victoria Cross in World War I.


See also

* Grade I listed buildings in Mendip * List of Somerset towers * List of ecclesiastical parishes in the Diocese of Bath and Wells


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Baltonsborough, Saint Dunstan 15th-century church buildings in England Grade I listed churches in Somerset Church of England church buildings in Mendip District Grade I listed buildings in Mendip District