Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Purley

Purley.-- par. and vil., Berks - par., 874 ac., pop. 188; vil., on river Thames, 3½ miles NW. of Beading; P.O; near the vil. are Purley Hall and Purley Park, seats.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Purley AP/CP       Berkshire AncC
Place: Purley

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