Purton

Purton is a hamlet on the west bank of the , in the civil parish of in , England. It lies opposite the village of near on the east bank of the river.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: village near Lydney, Gloucestershire, England
  • Also known as: “Purton, Lydney”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Purton Hulks and Church of All Saints.

Disaster remains
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The or Purton Ships' Graveyard is a number of abandoned boats and ships, deliberately beached beside the near in , England, to reinforce the river banks.

Church
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is situated 1½ miles northwest of Purton.

Railway station
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is a railway station on the Dean Forest Railway in in . is situated 2½ miles west of Purton.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Etloe and Purton.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet.

Village
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is a village on the east bank of the , 3 miles north of , in , England. The village is in the civil parish of Hinton.

Village
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is a village in , England. It in the parish of and has views of the . It was the site of a Roman villa, dating to 75 AD, and home to Thomas Sternhold, a groom of King Henry VIII's Robes.

Purton

Latitude
51.73883° or 51° 44′ 20″ north
Longitude
-2.47851° or 2° 28′ 43″ west
Elevation
75 feet (23 metres)
Open location code
9C3VPGQC+GH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5943276227
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
11127583
Wiki­data ID
Q7261603
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In Other Languages

“Purton” goes by many names.
  • Welsh: “Purton, Lydney”
  • Welsh: “Purton”

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