. Wiltshire notes and queries. Wmw m : ? ? mm if ets&s^ «J ~ . $ «, .,«-*JL-~. STOtsljtrc 0ott$ anti (Slurries, JUNE, 1894. ANNALS OF PURTON. r_3^>i^^^^r=~l| HARMING rural scenery is a characteristicfeature of Purton and its vicinity. Gentlyundulating hills, broad meadowlands,quiet green lanes, are among its naturaladvantages—a few narrow, windingstreets bordered by dwellings, somemodern, some ancient — a fine andstately church, well situated, with itsgraveyard thickly studded by the resting-places of those villagerswho, having accomplished their livelong task of living, havepassed away for
. Wiltshire notes and queries. Wmw m : ? ? mm if ets&s^ «J ~ . $ «, .,«-*JL-~. STOtsljtrc 0ott$ anti (Slurries, JUNE, 1894. ANNALS OF PURTON. r_3^>i^^^^r=~l| HARMING rural scenery is a characteristicfeature of Purton and its vicinity. Gentlyundulating hills, broad meadowlands,quiet green lanes, are among its naturaladvantages—a few narrow, windingstreets bordered by dwellings, somemodern, some ancient — a fine andstately church, well situated, with itsgraveyard thickly studded by the resting-places of those villagerswho, having accomplished their livelong task of living, havepassed away for ever from the scene of their labours—make upthe parish as it exists to-day. The story of the village has yet to be written. Only a few barefacts concerning it have found their way into the pages of Wilt-shire histories, and these scanty details furnish us with littleevidence of the past vicissitudes of the parish. Yet there wereold customs here as elsewhere. There was a great Fair, perhapsthe most important event in the year to the villagers of old, anda Spa—once r
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