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Purton is a large village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, north-west of the centre of Swindon. The civil parish includes the village of Purton Stoke and the hamlets of Bentham, Hayes Knoll, Restrop and Widham. The village is a linear settlement along the old road between the historic market towns of Cricklade to the north and Royal Wootton Bassett to the south. Purton is on a minor road from the B4553 and from junction 16 of the M4 motorway. The village is on the brow of a hill, with views across to Cricklade and the Thames floodplain. Nearby, Bradon Forest stretches out to Minety in the west. Village amenities include several shops, a sub-post office, a library, public houses and restaurants, a GP's practice, dentist, and veterinary surgery. The village has grown such that its retailers are not all concentrated in one centre. A few shops are on the main road at the junction with Pavenhill, and a few are around the bend in the road near the Village Hall. The Church of England parish church of Saint Mary the Virgin is unusual in having a tower at each end, one of which has a spire. It is one of only three parish churches in England with both a spire and another tower. The other two are at nearby Wanborough, Wiltshire, and Ormskirk, Lancashire. ==Governance== An electoral ward in the same name exists. The ward stretches north east to Braydon. The total population of the ward taken at the 2011 census was 4,271. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Purton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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