English Heritage as a grade I listed building. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. The Church of St Peter has a tower which may be of Saxon origin which was altered in 1635. The rest of the church was completely rebuilt for Rev. Thomas Eaton in 1885. It is Grade II* listed. The Church of St. Michael has Norman origins and has seen various restorations since. It was last restored and extended in 1868 for Slade family of Maunsel House. In the cemetery is a 19th-century combined Non-conformist and Anglican Mortuary Chapel. Culture The annual North Petherton Carnival is part of the West Country Carnival circuit, and takes place in November, on the Saturday after the first Thursday in November. The date of the first Carnival at Bridgwater is the preceding Saturday, featuring most of the same participants. The Walnut Tree (rebranded in the 1970s from the Clarence Hotel, and before that as the New Inn) is one of three hotels in the town, it was formerly in competition with the George Hotel (now closed), where monthly petty sessions (court hearings) were formerly held. The hotel is also used as the Headquarters for Pentathlon Carnival Club, one of the carnival clubs which class North Petherton as its local carnival. Twinning North Petherton has been twinned with the commune of Ceaucé in Normandy since 1994. See also South Petherton References External links North Petherton Town Council Towns in Sedgemoor Civil parishes in Somerset Market towns in Somerset English royal forests Transatlantic telecommunications