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    Puriton is a village and parish at the westerly end of the Polden Hills, in Somerset, England. The parish has a population of 1,968. The local parish...
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    ROF Bridgwater (redirect from ROF Puriton)
    Ordnance Factory (ROF) Bridgwater was a factory between the villages of Puriton and Woolavington in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, England that produced...
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  • The Hundred of Huntspill and Puriton is one of the 40 historical Hundreds in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England, dating from before the Norman...
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    was built at the start of the Second World War, between the villages of Puriton and Woolavington, to manufacture explosives. The site was decommissioned...
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  • parish of Horsley, Gloucestershire Downend, a hamlet in the civil parish of Puriton in Somerset Downend Castle People Richard Downend (born 1945), English...
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    Exeter Railway, part of the Great Western Main Line. The hills stretch from Puriton, near Bridgwater, in the west, to Street, in the east. The ridge of the...
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    War II, the government built a factory to manufacture high explosives at Puriton near Bridgwater. Called ROF Bridgwater, the plant is today owned by BAE...
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    Hamp, Huntspill, Newton Green, North Petherton, Parchey, Pawlett and Puriton, Quantock, Sandford, Sowey, Sydenham, Victoria, Westonzoyland, West Poldens...
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    World War, to provide a backup water supply for an armaments factory at Puriton, and again in 1972, when the Sowy River flood relief channel was built...
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    motte-and-bailey castle at Down End, north of Dunball in the parish of Puriton, Somerset, England. It has been designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument...
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    two Indians at a bar, mistaking them for Iranian. While murdering them Puriton yelled "Get out of my country." In 2018, while on national television,...
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    are able to be knocked down with the second ball for a spare. Half Nazi (Puriton and District): Where the front left and quarter pin and back right and...
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    3861; -2.4307 Major intersections A368 A37 A371 A361 J23 → M5 motorway (Puriton Hill spur) A38 A358 A361 A377 A386 A392 A30 A390 A394 South West end Falmouth...
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    Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge, East Huntspill, Otterhampton, Pawlett and Puriton. There are 14 listed buildings in West Huntspill. The parish was formed...
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    Common and Purton Stoake Common, within the Parish of Purton, otherwise Puriton, in the County of Wilts. Bouveries' Name Act 1736 10 Geo. 2. c. 8 22 April...
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    Smith: fabricator and assembler, appeared in Seasons Four and Five Tommy Puriton: janitor, appeared in all five seasons Keith "Flanders" Hickson: freelance...
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    Dunball is a small hamlet west of the village of Puriton and close to the town of Bridgwater, Somerset, England. Just north of Dunball is Down End which...
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    Burnham-on-Sea Street Wells Glastonbury Cheddar Highbridge Huntspill Woolavington Puriton Axbridge Huish Episcopi Westonzoyland Berrow Bleadon Wedmore Mark Meare...
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    (Pawlett, Somerset) Puriton Civil parish 1,068 Bridgwater Rural District 51°10′N 2°58′W / 51.17°N 2.97°W / 51.17; -2.97 (Puriton) Shapwick Civil parish...
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    hydraulic transmissions were built in 1972 for the Royal Ordnance Factory at Puriton in Somerset. Surplus to requirements since 1991, they are on long-term...
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    Pounds, and Six Hundred Pounds; and for other Purposes therein mentioned. Puriton or Pirton (Wiltshire) Inclosure Act 1731 5 Geo. 2. c. 31 1 June 1732 An...
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  • horse jockey Purton F.C. Purton railway station Pirton (disambiguation) Puriton, a village in Somerset, England Pyrton, a village in Oxfordshire, England...
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  • and Burnham Marine, Huntspill and Pawlett, King's Isle, North Petherton, Puriton and Woolavington, Quantocks. Frome and East Somerset CC 70,177 5,415  ...
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  • Preston Bowyer, Preston Plucknett, Priddy, Priston, Publow, Puckington, Puriton, Purtington, Puxton, Pyleigh, Pylle Queen Camel, Queen Charlton Rackley...
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    succeeded him in business, and in addition to his father's estates at Puriton (of which he held the lordship), Catcot, Bawdrip and Woolavington, came...
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    The Church of St Michael and All Angels in Puriton, Somerset, England was constructed from local Blue Lias stone. It has an early 13th-century tower,...
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    October 1613. In 1612 was settled on him by his grandfather the manor of "Puriton with Downend" in Somerset, formerly one of the many possessions of his...
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  • BRIDGWATER Bridgwater, North Petherton, Wembdon Somerset TA7 BRIDGWATER Puriton, Polden Hills, Westonzoyland, Middlezoy, Shapwick, Catcott, Ashcott, Chedzoy...
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    Sedgemoor District Council Elections 2015: Puriton & Woolavington Ward Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Mark Healey* 1,204 29.0 Conservative Alison...
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  • wagon Built in 1908 to diagram no. 17 at Stratford. It was in use at ROF Puriton until purchased for use on the West Somerset Railway. Donated to the MSLR...
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