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Purton

Purton

Purton is a large village and civil parish in north , England, about 4 miles northwest of the centre of . The parish includes the village of and the hamlets of Bentham, Hayes Knoll, Purton Common, Restrop, The Fox and .
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  • Type: Village with 3,550 residents
  • Description: village in Wiltshire, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Purton, Wiltshire”, “珀頓”, and “珀顿”

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Angel Public House and St Mary’s Church, Purton.

Pub
Photo: Wayland Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's Church in the village of Purton in north Wiltshire, England, is an active Church of England parish church in the Diocese of Bristol. A large building begun in the 13th century and one of only three churches in England to have both a western tower and a central spire, it has been designated as a Grade I listed building by English Heritage.

School
is a mixed secondary school in Purton in Wiltshire, England. In September 2015 the school converted to academy status and is now part of the , which also includes in , in , and .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Widham and Lydiard Millicent.

Hamlet
is a hamlet now encompassed within the village and parish of Purton, , England.

Village
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in , England, about 3+1⁄2 miles west of the centre of . The parish contains the hamlets of Lydiard Green, Lydiard Plain, Greatfield and Green Hill; in the northeast the parish extends to Common Platt, which is now contiguous with the Peatmoor area of Swindon.

Village
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village in north , England, within the civil parish of Purton. The village lies along a side road off the Purton to road, approximately 1.5 miles north of Purton village. is situated 2 miles north of Purton.

Purton

Latitude
51.58803° or 51° 35′ 17″ north
Longitude
-1.86748° or 1° 52′ 3″ west
Population
3,550
Elevation
344 feet (105 metres)
Open location code
9C3WH4QM+62
Open­Street­Map ID
node 91477946
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2639840
Wiki­data ID
Q7261605
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Purton” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Purton”
  • Bulgarian: “Пуртон”
  • Catalan: “Purton”
  • Cebuano: “Purton”
  • Dutch: “Purton”
  • French: “Purton”
  • Hebrew: “פורטון”
  • Irish: “Purton”
  • Italian: “Purton”
  • Ladin: “Purton”
  • Polish: “Purton”
  • Spanish: “Purton”
  • Swedish: “Purton”
  • Turkish: “Purton”
  • Welsh: “Purton, Wiltshire”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Play Close and Purton Museum.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Purton”. Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.