English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Purton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hinton

Historical Forms

  • Piriton(e), Piryton(e) 1297 FF 1316,1364,1439 Ipm
  • Puryton 14 ADiv
  • Pyrton 1607 Berk

Etymology

Purton, Piriton (e ), Piryton (e )1297FF , 1316, 1364, 1439 Ipm, Puryton 14 AD iv, Pyrton 1607 Berk. 'Pear-tree farmstead or orchard', v. pirige , tūn , and cf. Pirton (121supra ).