St Mary’s Church, Purton
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.Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: Grade I listed church in Purton, Wiltshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “St. Mary’s Church”
- Address: Swindon, SN5 4EB
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bradon Forest School and Church of All Saints, Lydiard Millicent.
Bradon Forest School
School
Bradon Forest 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 Athelstan Academy Trust, which also includes Malmesbury School in Malmesbury, The Dean Academy in Lydney, Sir William Romney's School, Tetbury and Chipping Sodbury School. Bradon Forest School is situated 2,400 feet west of St Mary’s Church, Purton.
Church of All Saints, Lydiard Millicent
Church
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of All Saints, Lydiard Millicent is situated 4,000 feet south of St Mary’s Church, Purton.
The Angel Public House
Pub
Photo: Wayland Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Angel Public House is situated 2,100 feet northwest of St Mary’s Church, Purton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Purton and Widham.
Purton
Village
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Purton is a large village and civil parish in north Wiltshire, England, about 4 miles northwest of the centre of Swindon. The parish includes the village of Purton Stoke and the hamlets of Bentham, Hayes Knoll, Purton Common, Restrop, The Fox and Widham.
Widham
Hamlet
Widham is a hamlet now encompassed within the village and parish of Purton, Wiltshire, England.
Lydiard Millicent
Village
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lydiard Millicent is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about 3+1⁄2 miles west of the centre of Swindon. 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.
St Mary’s Church, Purton
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Purton, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.58336° or 51° 35′ 0″ northLongitude
-1.86167° or 1° 51′ 42″ westOpen location code
9C3WH4MQ+88OpenStreetMap ID
way 437357917OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q7594407
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Italian—“St Mary’s Church, Purton” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Església de Saint Mary”
- Italian: “chiesa di Santa Maria”
- Italian: “Chiesa di Santa Maria”
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Highlights include Purton Tennis Club and Purton Cricket Club.
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