Somerset
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Puriton

Puriton

Puriton is a village and parish at the westerly end of the Polden Hills, in , England. The parish has a population of 1,968. The local parish church is dedicated to St Michael and All Angels.
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  • Type: Village with 2,120 residents
  • Description: village in Somerset, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Puriton, Somerset”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St Michael and All Angels, Puriton and Church of St John the Baptist, Pawlett.

Church
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The Church of St Michael and All Angels in Puriton, , England was constructed from local Blue Lias stone. It has an early 13th-century tower, with the remainder of the building dating from the 14th and 15th centuries.

Church
Photo: Celiakozlowski, CC BY 3.0.
The Church of St John the Baptist in Pawlett, , England dates from the 12th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The Norman church of St John the Baptist replaced an earlier Saxon structure and the church is thought to have been a popular station on medieval pilgrimages from to .

Monument
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a large outdoor sculpture by Serena de la Hey. It is in a field to the west of the M5 motorway, near in Somerset, , near to the Bristol to Exeter railway line and south of junction 23 of the motorway.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dunball and Stretcholt.

Hamlet
is a small hamlet west of the village of Puriton and close to the town of , Somerset, England. Just north of is Down End which is the site of a motte-and-bailey castle, which has been designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

Hamlet
Photo: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pawlett is a village and civil parish 4 miles north of , in the English county of . The parish includes the hamlet of . The village has Roman or Saxon origins. is situated 2 miles northwest of Puriton.

Village
Photo: Ian Rix, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish close to and 5 miles north of , in , England. The village lies on the north side of the Polden Hills. Its population in 2021 was 640. is situated 2½ miles east of Puriton.

Puriton

Latitude
51.1705° or 51° 10′ 14″ north
Longitude
-2.97257° or 2° 58′ 21″ west
Population
2,120
Elevation
46 feet (14 metres)
Open location code
9C3V52CG+6X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29425099
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2639844
Wiki­data ID
Q2081178
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Turkish—“Puriton” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Puriton”
  • Cebuano: “Puriton”
  • Chinese: “Puriton”
  • Dutch: “Puriton”
  • French: “Puriton”
  • Irish: “Puriton”
  • Italian: “Puriton”
  • Ladin: “Puriton”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Puriton”
  • Persian: “پیوریتان”
  • Polish: “Puriton”
  • Spanish: “Puriton”
  • Swedish: “Puriton”
  • Turkish: “Puriton”
  • “Puriton”

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Highlights include Puriton Post Office and Puriton Solar Farm.

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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 “Puriton”. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.