Pirton

Other current and historical names

Peritune

Parish/Community: Pirton
District/Borough: Wychavon
County: Worcestershire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 52°7'33"N 2°10'11"W
Eastings/Northings: 388473, 247522
OS Grid: SO884475
Mapcode Local: GBR 1GZ.Q75
Mapcode Global: VH931.BTSN

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Pirton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Pirton in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Pirton, par. and vil., Worcestershire, 4½ miles NW. of Pershore, 1669 ac., pop. 183.

Pirton in the Domesday Book

A village in Pershore hundred, in the county of Worcestershire.

- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Westminster St Peter
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Godric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Westminster
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter Ponther (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 6 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £2 10/- in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 10 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 3 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Woodland: 1 league

British Place Names

Pirton, Worcestershire

Pirton is a hamlet in Worcestershire

Pirton in historic gazetteers

Pirton in the Domesday Book