Purton
Sign in to saveAlso known as Purton, Wiltshire
Purton is a large village and civil parish in north Wiltshire, England, about 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.
Weather now
cached 1005h agoPlace details
- Locality
- Purton
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 3,554
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Purton
- UK place.static_image_name
- St Mary's Church, Purton.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Mary's Church, Purton
- UK place.label_position
- left
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SU093877
- UK place.population
- 6,798
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Purton
- UK place.unitary_england
- Wiltshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Wiltshire
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- South Cotswolds
- UK place.post_town
- Swindon
- UK place.postcode_district
- SN5
- UK place.postcode_area
- SN
- UK place.dial_code
- 01793
- UK place.website
- Parish Council
via Wikipedia infobox
~15 min read
Encyclopedic overview
23 sectionsContents
- History
- Early history
- Civil War
- 19th century
- Second World War
- Local studies
- Governance
- Geography
- Religious sites
- Notable buildings
- Education
- Amenities
- Nature reserves
- Public houses
- Sports and leisure
- Notable people
- Local families
- Maskelyne
- Hyde and Ashley-Cooper
- Sadler
- References
- Sources and further reading
- External links
Purton is a large village and civil parish in north Wiltshire, England, about 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.
The 13th-century parish church, St Mary's, is unusual in having two towers, one with a spire.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Purton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (2)
On the map
3 mapped locations