Purton
Early-attested site in the Parish of Lydney
Historical Forms
- Periton(e), Peritune 1086 DB 1187 RBE 1190 P 1270 For
- Piritun, Piriton(e), Pyriton(e) 1200 Cur 1248 Ass 1270 For 1284 Ipm 1419 IpmR
- Perton' 1202 Cur
- Puriton, Puryton 1268 Ipm 1330 FF
- Pirton(e), Pyrton(e) c.1275,c.1340 For 1368 GR421 1445 BledCt 1642 Comm
- Peryngton 1461,1466 Pat
- Purton 1662 Comm
Etymology
'Pear-tree farmstead' or 'pear orchard', v. pirige , tūn , and cf. Pirton (ii, 121) and Purton (ii, 235supra ), which is on the opposite side of the Severn.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Allaston Court & Allaston Meend
- Bream's Grove
- Brown's Meend
- Camp Hill
- Churchfield
- Cliff Fm
- Driffield Fm
- Fairtide Rock
- Highfield
- Hill Fm
- The Holms
- Horage Wood
- The Hulks
- Lanesbrook
- Leach Pool
- Lydney Marsh, Lydney Mead & Lydney Park
- Millrough Wood
- Needs Top
- New Grounds
- Norchard Wood
- Nursehill
- Otters Pool
- The Purlieu
- The Reddings
- Red Hill
- Rodley Fm
- Stonebury Wood
- Sulla
- Tingley Wood
- The Tufts
- Tuthill Ho
- Upper Meend
- The Wards
- Warren
- Wellhouse Grove
- Whitecross