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{{Infobox UK place 
|static_image_name=Belluton Travellers Rest.jpg
|static_image_alt=Large white building beside road.
|static_image_caption=The Traveller's Rest, Belluton
|country =                 England
|coordinates = {{coord|51.3773|-2.5525|display=inline,title}}
|official_name=             Belluton
| population = 
| population_ref = approx. 100
|civil_parish = [[Publow]]
 |unitary_england=[[Bath and North East Somerset]]
|lieutenancy_england= [[Somerset]]
|region=                  South West England
|constituency_westminster= [[North East Somerset and Hanham (UK Parliament constituency)|North East Somerset and Hanham]]
|post_town=        BRISTOL
|postcode_district =       BS39
|postcode_area=            BS  
|dial_code=      01275
|os_grid_reference=     ST615644
}}
{{Adjacent place
| centre         = Belluton
| north          = Belluton
| northeast      = 
| east           = [[Publow]]
| southeast      = 
| south          = [[Pensford]]
| southwest      = 
| west           = [[Stanton Drew]]
| northwest      = [[Norton Malreward]]
}}
'''Belluton''' is a village in [[Somerset]], England. It is in the district of [[Bath and North East Somerset]] and is located due south of the city of [[Bristol]] and due west of the city of [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]]. The eastern end of the village is defined by the [[A37 road]].

In some documents it is alternatively called "Belton", which signifies, according to some antiquaries, "Baal town," or "the Town of the Sun".<ref>From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) Transcribed by Colin Hinson © 2003</ref> According to Robinson it was called ''Belgetona'' in the 1086 [[Domesday Book]], and the name comes from the [[Old English]] ''belgae'' and ''tun'', the [[Belgae]] being a violent race who settled in what is now [[Wiltshire]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Robinson |first=Stephen |title=Somerset Place Names |year=1992 |publisher=The Dovecote Press Ltd |location=Wimborne, Dorset |isbn=1-874336-03-2}}</ref>

It is close to the route of the ancient [[Wansdyke (earthwork)|Wansdyke]].

== Government and politics ==
Belluton is part of the civil parish of [[Publow]], which has a [[Parish councils in England|parish council]] with some responsibility for local issues.  Belluton is part of the Publow and Whitchurch Ward which is represented by one councillor on the [[Bath and North East Somerset]] [[Unitary Authority]] which has wider responsibilities for services such as education, refuse, tourism etc.

The village is a part of the [[North East Somerset and Hanham (UK Parliament constituency)|North East Somerset and Hanham]] constituency. Prior to [[Brexit]] in 2020, it was part of the [[South West England (European Parliament constituency)|South West England constituency]] of the European Parliament.

== Demographics ==
According to the 2001 Census, the Publow and Whitchurch Ward (which includes [[Pensford]] and [[Publow]]), had 1,087 residents, living in 429 households, with an average age of 40.8 years. Of these 73% of residents describing their health as 'good', 24% of 16- to 74-year-olds had no qualifications; and the area had an unemployment rate of 2.3% of all economically active people aged 16–74. In the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2004, it was ranked at 26,408 out of 32,482 wards in England, where 1 was the most deprived LSOA and 32,482 the least deprived.<ref>{{cite web | title=Neighbourhood Statistics LSOA Bath and North East Somerset 020D Publow and Whitchurch | work=Office for National Statistics 2001 Census | url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadProfileSearch.do?profileSearchText=BS39+4AJ&searchProfiles= | access-date=2006-04-25 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525185020/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadProfileSearch.do?profileSearchText=BS39+4AJ&searchProfiles= | archive-date=25 May 2011 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Buildings ==
=== John Locke's Cottage ===
[[John Locke]] lived in Belluton during his childhood. His father was a small landowner and attorney at the local village of [[Pensford]]. John Locke's Cottage is now a Grade II [[listed building]].<ref>{{NHLE | desc=John Locke's Cottage | num=1136376 | accessdate=2006-05-09}}</ref>

=== Other Grade II listed buildings ===
Other Grade II listed buildings include Belluton House, from the early 19th century,<ref>{{NHLE | desc=Belluton House | num=1129487 | accessdate=2006-05-09}}</ref> and The Grange from the 18th century.<ref>{{NHLE | desc=The Grange | num=1129488 | accessdate=2006-05-09}}</ref>

== References ==
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==Bibliography==
* {{cite book | author = Durham, I. & M.| year = 1991 | title = Chew Magna and the Chew Valley in old photographs | publisher = Redcliffe Press | isbn =1-872971-61-X }}
* {{cite book | editor = Janes, Rowland| year = 1987 | title = The Natural History of the Chew Valley | isbn =0-9545125-2-9 }}

== External links ==
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*[http://www.publow-with-pensford-pc.gov.uk  Publow with Pensford Parish Council website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070124063010/http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/maps/os62htm/1208.htm  Map of Belluton circa 1900]

{{Chew Valley}}

[[Category:Villages in Bath and North East Somerset]]