** Purton Museum is now open again on
Wednesdays: 2 - 5pm; Saturdays: 10am - 1 pm)
See Visitor page for
details
Our Historical Society Visit to a Local Village
was on Saturday 20th July visiting Bromham with a conducted tour of the church and the village. Details of the 2014 Visit will appear here shortly.
Visit Purton Historical Society's special website dedicated to the Bicentenary Celebrations for Nevil Maskelyne (1732 - 1811). The 5th Astronomer Royal had Purton connections and was buried in St Mary's Church graveyard.
Short discussions of items in the Museum's Collection.
A new item is added at the beginning of each month.
Bob Lloyd's research on Purton War Memorials and his book
"Village Sons & the Great War"
can be found at
www.purton1418.co.uk
Coach Outing
This year's outing is on Saturday 14th June 2013
to Portsmouth Spinnaker Tower and Historic Dockyards.
Click here for details and a booking form.
Purton Museum has a collection which represents 2,000 years of the village’s history from the Ringsbury Camp Iron Age Hillfort, through Roman and Saxon finds towards the present day.
Letters found up a chimney related to the turnpikes and prize fighting
in the 1820s. They feature in this web exhibition.
Friday 6 December 2013
is the annual Christmas Social
with entertainment by ENCORE
at 7.30 pm at St Mary's School Hall, Purton.
Entry by ticket price
£12 available from
mail@purtonquarry.fsnet.co.uk
including glass of wine or fruit juice, lucky ticket draw, buffet supper.
A limited number of tickets may be available on the door,
but to avoid disappointment book via
mail@purtonquarry.fsnet.co.uk
Purton Museum policy documents are now available for you to see. You will need Adobe Acrobat to be able to access them.
