Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Purley within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Purley, 2½ miles S. of Croydon, Surrey; P.O., T.O. Purley House, formerly the property of Bradshaw who presided at the trial of Charles I., was the residence of John Horne-Tooke (1736-1812), philologist and political writer, who wrote here his Diversions of Purley.