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Purton is a village on the east bank of the River Severn, 3 miles north of Berkeley, in Gloucestershire, England. The village is in the civil parish of Hinton. It lies opposite the hamlet of Purton on the west bank of the river. The Gloucester and Sharpness Canal passes through the village. The name of the place derives from the Old English ''pirige tun'', meaning "pear orchard".〔Mills, A.D. and Room, A. ''A Dictionary of British Place-Names'' Oxford University Press〕 ==River crossing== There was a ferry across the river to the other Purton by 1282. In the late 18th and early 19th century, there was also a ford across the river here. The ferry, known as Purton Passage, continued in use until 1879, when it was replaced by the Severn Railway Bridge.〔(Victoria County History of Gloucestershire: Lydney )〕 The Berkeley Arms public house is on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors. 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, Berkeley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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