Butleigh is a small village, located in SomersetSomerset is a county in the south-west of England. The county town is Taunton. The ceremonial county of Somerset borders the counties of Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is also partly bounded to the north and west by the coast of the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the River Severn. Somerset is a rural county of rolling ...Somerset. The nearest village to it is Barton St DavidBarton St David is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated south east of Glastonbury and 5 miles north east of Somerton in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 538.Barton St David, and it is located a short distance from GlastonburyGlastonbury is a small town in Somerset, England, situated at a dry spot on the Somerset Levels, 50km (31 miles) south of Bristol. The town has a population of 8,800 (2002 estimate). It is in the Mendip district. The town is known for its history, including Glastonbury Abbey and Glastonbury Tor, ...Glastonbury and StreetA street is a public thoroughfare in the built environment. It is a public parcel of land adjoining buildings in an urban context, on which people may freely assemble, interact, and move about. A street can be as simple as a level patch of dirt, but is more often paved with a hard, durable surface such as concrete, cobblestone or brick. Portions may also be smoothed with asphalt, embedded ...Street. Its population is approximately 1,000, and is home to a church, small village shopIn Australia, Canada and the United States, a general store is a retailer located in a small town or in a rural area with a broad selection of merchandise crammed into a relatively small space where people from the town and surrounding rural areas come to purchase all their general goods, both in stock and special order from warehouses. In the United Kingdom, similar retailers tend to be referred to as a "village shop" ...village shop and a Church of EnglandThe Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, and acts as the "mother" and senior branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion, as well as a founding member of the Porvoo Communion. The Church of England considers itself to stand both in a reformed tradition and in a catholic one (as in, meaning "pertaining to the whole"): *Reformed insofar as many of the principles of the early Protestants as well as the subsequent ...Church of England school, Butleigh School .

Butleigh Court, which was abandoned for many years and has now been brought back into use, is noted for its interesting architecture including the tall carved chimney stacks, which are all different. Local legend has it that the family was cursed to die out within a hundred years, which subsequently happened. Another interesting landmark is the cedar avenue, just outside the village.

The village history is told in a slim book, Butleigh - One thousand years of an English Village, by E F Synge, former vicar at the parish church.

There is a lofty column raised to the memory of Sir Samuel HoodVice-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood, 1st Baronet KCB RN (1762–24 December 1814) was an officer of the Royal Navy and cousin once removed of the more famous Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood.Sir Samuel Hood on a hill near Butleigh and in Butleigh Church is another memorial, with an inscription written by Robert SoutheyRobert Southey (August 12, 1774 – March 21, 1843) was an English poet of the Romantic school, one of the so-called "Lake Poets", and Poet Laureate. Although his fame tends to be eclipsed by that of his contemporaries and friends William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Southey's verse enjoys enduring popularity. Moreover, he was a prolific letter writer, literary scholar, historian and biographer. His biographies include the life and works of John Bunyan, John Wesley, William Cowper, ...Robert Southey.