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<table><tbody><tr><td><a href="/facts/Norton_Malreward/Tu3cLQDd">Norton Malreward</a></td><td>Belluton</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Stanton_Drew/EA5Mja8o">Stanton Drew</a></td><td>Belluton</td><td><a href="/facts/Publow/xjFkLCgG">Publow</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Pensford/UVb8AmLM">Pensford</a></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Belluton is a village in <a href="/facts/Somerset/gjVyBFVX">Somerset</a>, England. It is in the district of <a href="/facts/Bath_and_North_East_Somerset/48qyvuoE">Bath and North East Somerset</a> and is located due south of the city of <a href="/facts/Bristol/nLwyoDTG">Bristol</a> and due west of the city of <a href="/facts/Bath%2c_Somerset/mHppKuoG">Bath</a>. The eastern end of the village is defined by the <a href="/facts/A37_road/jRPEwfwX">A37 road</a>. </p><p>In some documents it is alternatively called "Belton", which signifies, according to some antiquaries, "Baal town," or "the Town of the Sun". According to Robinson it was called <i>Belgetona</i> in the 1086 <a href="/facts/Domesday_Book/zTlp51pg">Domesday Book</a>, and the name comes from the <a href="/facts/Old_English/9rsmQG2a">Old English</a> <i>belgae</i> and <i>tun</i>, the <a href="/facts/Belgae/j6m5y2CG">Belgae</a> being a violent race who settled in what is now <a href="/facts/Wiltshire/42kKgE8r">Wiltshire</a>. </p><p>It is close to the route of the ancient <a href="/facts/Wansdyke_(earthwork)/YgRTdTW1">Wansdyke</a>. </p>