Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PURTON

PURTON, a tything in Lydney parish, Gloucester; on the river Severn and the Great Western railway, 2½ miles N E of Lydney.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a tything"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Lydney AP/CP       Gloucestershire AncC
Place: Purton

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