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Paulton is a large village and civil parish, with a population of 5,302,〔 located to the north of the Mendip Hills, in the unitary authority of Bath and North East Somerset (BANES), England. Paulton is a former coal mining village and the terminus of the Somerset Coal Canal is at Paulton basin, just north of the village. Paulton was home to the now-closed Polestar Purnells printing factory and Ashman's boot factory, where 'Voidax' safety footwear was manufactured, and in particular Motorcycle speedway boots. The area has been designated as an 'area of special architectural or historic interest, the character or appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance' under section 69 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990. Paulton has a small hospital, a library, fire station, two pre-schools ((Noahs Ark Preschool ) and Acorn Pre-school), an (infant school ) and (junior school ). The village is served by a Tesco supermarket. There are three pubs in the village: ''The Red Lion'', ''The Winterfield'', and ''The Lamb''. Until the mid-1980s, there was also ''The Queen Victoria'', but this was demolished to make way for flats, and ''The Somerset Inn'' which closed in 2011, with the adjoining paddock the subject of an unsuccessful planning application since, which would have seen it turned into a 22 home housing estate. There are also two members' clubs in the village, Paulton Rovers F.C. and Greyfield's Sports and Social club. The centre of the village is the location for the war memorial and a small library. There is another war memorial just outside the village which commemorates the location where 23 men were killed on 17 September 1944 when the glider they were flying in crashed en route from R.A.F. Keevil to Arnhem, as part of Operation Market Garden. ==History== The parish was part of the hundred of Chewton.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Miscellaneous/ )〕 During the reign of Edward III the lord of the manor was Sir John de Palton and his descendants. Hill House was built in around 1760 by John Hill (1729–1789)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=John Hill )〕 and was owned by his descendants until 1883 when it was leased to various tenants until 1902 when it was bought by Walter Draper. Draper sold it to Purnell's a local printing company, who owned it until 1971 when it was bought by the local doctor and refurbished. It is a Grade II listed building.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1135904 )〕 John Hill was an innkeeper, and his son Thomas Ames Hill (1759–1827) owned the Red Lion pub. By 1834 TA Hill's nephew John Hill jnr. had taken over the pub, and was living there with his family.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paulton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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