Upward Arrow
Tip:  hold "shift" and click on link to open in new window
Tree Tree

 St. Mary's 
Menu:
This Location:   Main Page   
Outside Pages:    Outside    Gargoyles    Gravestones    Graveyard    Statues (outside)    Unknown Gravestones
Inside Pages:   Inside    Capitals    Floor Tiles    Kneelers    Memorials    Pulpit    South Porch    Stained Glass Windows    Statues (inside)    Vicars List    Wall Paintings    War Memorials
Related Pages:   Around Purton Village    Methodist Church    Sadler Sheppard Families    Wiltshire Collections Entry


   
Search surnames at   this  location or  all  locations


The Church of St. Mary, Purton, Wiltshire, England



The Church of St. Mary is one of only three in Britain to have both a tower and a spire, and very grand it looks too.  The current church members have managed to keep their building as a place of worship foremost, whilst acknowledging its long history; fundraising is an ongoing task involving the whole community and beyond.  It is definitely a much used and loved building.

The church is a Grade I listed building - more information about the listing can be found at the  Historic England  website.

Richard Carruthers-Zurowski has spent many years researching various families of this area; his thoroughness, enthusiasm and dedication to the project is something to be admired.  Follow this link for  more information  on the Sadler and Sheppard families.  Mandy had the pleasure of meeting Richard at Purton in July 2004.

For more information about the church, visit their website at:  www.stmaryspurton.org.uk  - this will open on their Brief Guide page, but there are plenty of other pages to read.

Outside
 | Top  |  St. Mary Menu  |
Purton - photo: 1401
Photo No: 1401     Size: 1300k
Photo Date: April 2012
Purton - photo: 1492
Coming from Church End
Photo No: 1492     Size: 1221k
Photo Date: April 2012
Purton - photo: 0008
Photo No: 0008     Size: 418k
Photo Date: 1999
Purton - photo: 0282
Photo No: 0282     Size: 710k
Photo Date: December 2004
Purton - photo: 1493
Photo No: 1493     Size: 1223k
Photo Date: April 2012
Purton - photo: 0023
Millenium Arch
In memory of …
Photo No: 0023     Size: 983k
Photo Date: February 2004
Purton - photo: 1480
... Nelson Alfred Woolford
Photo No: 1480     Size: 1758k
Photo Date: April 2012
Purton - photo: 1479
Photo No: 1479     Size: 1647k
Photo Date: April 2012
Purton - photo: 1466
West Entrance
Photo No: 1466     Size: 1458k
Photo Date: April 2012
Purton - photo: 1469
Bench mark
Photo No: 1469     Size: 2286k
Photo Date: April 2012
Purton - photo: 0026
Photo No: 0026     Size: 832k
Photo Date: February 2004
Purton - photo: 1467
Carvings either side of the door
Photo No: 1467     Size: 2177k
Photo Date: April 2012
Purton - photo: 1468
Photo No: 1468     Size: 1803k
Photo Date: April 2012
Purton - photo: 1160
These niches are above and
either side of west entrance
Photo No: 1160     Size: 721k
Photo Date: December 2004
Purton - photo: 1472
Photo No: 1472     Size: 1641k
Photo Date: April 2012
Purton - photo: 1162
Photo No: 1162     Size: 717k
Photo Date: December 2004
Purton - photo: 0280
West face of tower
Photo No: 0280     Size: 661k
Photo Date: December 2004
Purton - photo: 0497
Sundial
Photo No: 0497     Size: 904k
Photo Date: October 2005
Purton - photo: 0498
Photo No: 0498     Size: 1737k
Photo Date: April 2012
Purton - photo: 1157
South face of tower
Photo No: 1157     Size: 648k
Photo Date: December 2004
Purton - photo: 1494
Photo No: 1494     Size: 1637k
Photo Date: April 2012
Purton - photo: 0278
Photo No: 0278     Size: 1761k
Photo Date: December 2004
Purton - photo: 1482
Photo No: 1482     Size: 2149k
Photo Date: April 2012
Purton - photo: 1470
Photo No: 1470     Size: 1945k
Photo Date: April 2012
Purton - photo: 1474
Photo No: 1474     Size: 1826k
Photo Date: April 2012
Purton - photo: 1156
Photo No: 1156     Size: 703k
Photo Date: December 2004
Purton - photo: 0002
Gargoyle high on the tower &
sadly too high up for our zoom
lens to take good photographs
More Gargoyles
Photo No: 0002     Size: 135k
Photo Date: December 2004
Purton - photo: 1476
Photo No: 1476     Size: 619k
Photo Date: April 2012
Purton - photo: 1473
Photo No: 1473     Size: 1946k
Photo Date: April 2012
Purton - photo: 1490
Photo No: 1490     Size: 1939k
Photo Date: April 2012
Purton - photo: 0080
Photo No: 0080     Size: 1702k
Photo Date: April 2012
Purton - photo: 0009
Photo No: 0009     Size: 449k
Photo Date: December 2004
Purton - photo: 1503
Photo No: 1503     Size: 1276k
Photo Date: April 2012
Purton - photo: 0292
Photo No: 0292     Size: 560k
Photo Date: December 2004
Purton - photo: 1155
Photo No: 1155     Size: 408k
Photo Date: December 2004
Purton - photo: 1495
Photo No: 1495     Size: 1003k
Photo Date: April 2012
Purton - photo: 1477
Photo No: 1477     Size: 428k
Photo Date: April 2012
Purton - photo: 1496
Photo No: 1496     Size: 1416k
Photo Date: April 2012
Purton - photo: 0284
Photo No: 0284     Size: 611k
Photo Date: December 2004
Purton - photo: 1154
Photo No: 1154     Size: 294k
Photo Date: December 2004
Purton - photo: 0290
Photo No: 0290     Size: 379k
Photo Date: December 2004
Purton - photo: 0291
Photo No: 0291     Size: 316k
Photo Date: December 2004
Purton - photo: 0027
Photo No: 0027     Size: 533k
Photo Date: December 2004
Purton - photo: 0001
Photo No: 0001     Size: 490k
Photo Date: 1999
Purton - photo: 0297
Photo No: 0297     Size: 706k
Photo Date: December 2004
Purton - photo: 1127
Photo No: 1127     Size: 426k
Photo Date: December 2004
Purton - photo: 0003
Photo No: 0003     Size: 1271k
Photo Date: April 2012
Purton - photo: 0283
Photo No: 0283     Size: 472k
Photo Date: December 2004
Purton - photo: 1502
Photo No: 1502     Size: 1215k
Photo Date: April 2012
Purton - photo: 1491
The churchyard to the north
Photo No: 1491     Size: 1104k
Photo Date: April 2012
Purton - photo: 1153
Photo No: 1153     Size: 763k
Photo Date: December 2004
Purton - photo: 0286
Photo No: 0286     Size: 582k
Photo Date: December 2004
Purton - photo: 1159
Photo No: 1159     Size: 922k
Photo Date: December 2004
Purton - photo: 0294
Approaching the Lych Gate
Photo No: 0294     Size: 822k
Photo Date: December 2004
Purton - photo: 1489
Photo No: 1489     Size: 2079k
Photo Date: April 2012
Purton - photo: 0296
Gate in memory of George Edward
& Agnes Booker
Photo No: 0296     Size: 1268k
Photo Date: April 2012
Purton - photo: 0295
Carving on lych gate
Photo No: 0295     Size: 974k
Photo Date: December 2004
Purton - photo: 1500
View from the lych gate
Photo No: 1500     Size: 833k
Photo Date: April 2012
Purton - photo: 1471
Photo No: 1471     Size: 1354k
Photo Date: April 2012
Purton - photo: 1487
In memory of …
Photo No: 1487     Size: 1748k
Photo Date: April 2012
Purton - photo: 1488
… Mary & Cecil Young
Photo No: 1488     Size: 822k
Photo Date: April 2012
Purton - photo: D1465
Stone to commemorate the new Millenium
Photo No: D1465     Size: 108k
Photo Date: October 2000
Purton - photo: 1475
The same stone twelve years on
Photo No: 1475     Size: 2932k
Photo Date: April 2012
Purton - photo: 0285
Photo No: 0285     Size: 692k
Photo Date: December 2004
Purton - photo: 0287
Photo No: 0287     Size: 698k
Photo Date: December 2004

Search surnames at  this  location or  all  locations


Tip:  hold "shift" and click on link to open in new window
This page was last updated on 01/01/2022 17:27:36
© Copyright D & M Ball 1999-2022
oodwooc mē fēcit