Purton, Lydney
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purton-lydney-251-17599165
title:
Purton, Lydney
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Purton is a hamlet on the west bank of the River Severn, in the civil parish of Lydney in Gloucestershire, England. It lies opposite the village of Purton near Berkeley on the east bank of the river. The name of the place derives from the Old English pirige tun, meaning "pear orchard". It was mentioned in the Domesday Book. Purton was a small port, and there was a ferry across the river, Purton Passage, to the other Purton by 1282. In the late 18th and early 19th century, there was also a ford a
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Human settlement in England
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purton,_Lydney
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2024-01-02T07:55:10Z
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