Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Purton

Purton, par., township, and vil. with ry. sta., Wilts - par., 7949 ac., pop. 2288; township, 6465 ac., pop. 2240; vil., 4½ m. NW. of Swindon Junction; P.O., T.O.; near the vil. Are Purton Court, Purton Hill, and Purton House, seats.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish, township, and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Purton AP/CP       Wiltshire AncC
Place: Purton

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