Taylors Telephone Directory Extract 1941 , Purton

A Hamlet to the west of Purton, anciently called Bredon Wood. A charity derived from land in and Purton is distributed the first Friday after January 6th in sums varying from 15s. to £4. The church was erected in 1868. Primitive Methodist Chapel. Letters via Purton.

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Surname Given Names Title/Trade Abode Number A’Court Purton Road Barrington-Chance Major Braydon Hall 14 Bird Bury Hill Farm Carter Arthur Cox Hill Farm Clarke F. A. M. Braydon Manor Farm Clarke Frederick M. Braydon Manor 8 Daniels A. Gardener Daniels R. Gardner Red Lodge Gamble David Sir, Bart. White Lodge Gamble J. Gospel Oak Farm Gough W. No Parish Farm Hitchings Ravensroost Farm House H. Bury Hill Farm Howse Jack Purley Farm Hunter J. Braydon Side Hussey F. E. Gryphon Lodge Iles Lemuel Farmer Joyce A. Crab Tree Farm Lewis A. Publican Blue Pig Miles Maplesale House Moss H. Bungalow Paginton W. Green Farm Pike Arthur Ravenhurst Farm Ponting Ernest Church Farm Ponting Herbert Common Farm Ponting Oliver Eighty Acres Farm Rawlings T. Drill Farm Stratford Frank Farmer Battlehill Ward H. R. Captain Red Lodge Webb Albert High Barn Farm Webb Allen Rookery Farm Webb Harold Moonlease Farm Williams Albert V. Bungalow Farm

© OPC Project/2015/Teresa Lewis Revised 11 December 2017 by Teresa Lewis With grateful thanks to Gordon Brown for donating the original directory