Purton

Other current and historical names

Piritone

Built-Up Area: Purton
Parish/Community: Purton
Unitary Authority: East Dorset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°35'18"N 1°51'58"W
Eastings/Northings: 409355, 187737
OS Grid: SU093877
Mapcode Local: GBR 3SM.8ZK
Mapcode Global: VHB3C.LBPP

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

Purton in historic gazetteers

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

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.

Purton in the Domesday Book

A village in Staple hundred, in the county of Wiltshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Malmesbury St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Malmesbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Malmesbury
- Taxable Value: 35 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £16 in 1070; £16 in 1086
- Households: 20 villagers; 12 smallholders; 13 cottagers; 5 slaves; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 19 men's ploughs (24 plough lands)
- Meadow: 60 acres
- Woodland: 2 leagues
- Mills: 1, value 5 shillings

British Place Names

Purton, East Dorset

Purton is a village in East Dorset

Purton in historic gazetteers

Purton in the Domesday Book