Gravestones
Inside
Stained Glass
Vicars
War Memorials
Memorials: A B C D K L M O P R S V W
Wiltshire Collections entry
Purton Village
Village War Memorial
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Gravestones Inside Stained Glass Vicars War Memorials Memorials: A B C D K L M O P R S V W Wiltshire Collections entry Purton Village Village War Memorial |
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The Church of St. Mary's is one of only three 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 village and beyond. It is definitely a much
used and loved building.
We spent a whole day in December 2004 photographing the gravestones in the churchyard. We took one thousand,
two hundred and sixty two photographs that day - a record for us! There were a few that were unusable, and some we
did not photograph because they were inaccessible or not readable, but we do have the majority of them on this website.
Use the link above to take you to the alphabetical links to the 50 plus pages they are displayed on.
Alternatively use the Search Surnames link at the top and bottom of each page.
Richard Carruthers-Zurowskihas 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.
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St. Mary's 1999 (419k) |
December 2004 (711k) |
Millenium Arch in memory of Nelson Alfred WOOLFORD February 2004 (023 - 984k) |
December 2004 (949k) |
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1999 (491k) |
December 2004 (707k) |
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East face of tower December 2004 (648k) |
West face of tower December 2004 (661k) |
Gargoyle high on the tower - sadly too high up for our zoom lens to take good photographs More Gargoyles December 2004 (911k) |
West entrance February 2004 (833k) |
These niches are above and either side of west entrance December 2004 (721k) |
December 2004 (718k) |
October 2005 (904k) |
October 2005 (946k) |
December 2004 (440k) |
December 2004 (316k) |
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More Stone Carvings December 2004 (279k) |
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October 2000(109k) |
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Graveyard December 2004 (933k) |
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Pathway towards the Lych Gate December 2004 (936k) |
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Gate in memory of George Edward & Agnes BOOKER December 2004 (0296 - 702k) |
Carving on Gate December 2004 (975k) |
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