Beaten 6-1 on their last visit to Park Hall, the Steelmen were on the back foot for most of the first half and the hosts deservedly lead at the break.
Lloyd Grist was yellow carded for a foul on Craig Jones and the resulting Chris Seargeant free kick was headed into the far corner by defender Phil Baker, returning to the side from an injury absence.
Matty Williams had almost scored in the second-minute but his first touch let him down following good work by Jamie Wood.
Williams fired over the target a few minutes later, while Richie Partridge came close on three occasions.
Wood was denied by keeper David Cornell in a one-on-one, while Williams was wide again before Baker’s goal on the stroke of half-time.
Talbot looked a different side after the break, although Wood netted on 51 minutes from a Tommy Holmes byline cross, only to be defeated by the linesman’s flag.
But the visitors levelled on the hour when a corner was cleared only as far as Lee John, whose cross was headed towards the far corner by Luke Bowen and somewhat harshly credited as an own goal as the ball was helped into his own net by keeper Paul Harrison.
Cornell saved from Partridge and sub Chris Sharp and Jones went agonisingly close in stoppage time when his shot lobbed over the bar.
But Mark Jones’s men almost had the last word when a David Brookes effort landed on the roof of the net.
Photo: Phil Baker heads the Saints into the lead despite a challenge from Lee Surman.