Pirton, Worcestershire

Pirton
Worcestershire
Pirton village green
Location
Grid reference:	SO879474
Location:	52°7’29"N, 2°10’41"W
Data
Post town:	Worcester
Postcode:	WR8
Local Government
Council:	Wychavon

Pirton is a small village in Worcestershire. The first record of the village is in the Domesday Book of the 1086, when, which lists the village of Peritone within the Pershore Hundred of Worcestershire.

Pirton has some uncommon features for a village. The most unusual is an 18th-century folly named Pirton Tower near a lake named Pirton Pool. It is one of the remaining artifices which the Earl of Coventry built to add artistic interest to views from the park at his distant estate, Croome Court. Pirton Tower and some of the other follies became purposed as local picnic houses. The follies were allowed to fall into disrepair.

Pirton has a level crossing which used to be called Pirton Sidings due to the sidings that used to be there. Pirton Level Crossing is a highly filmed location for Rail Enthusiasts.

Parish church

Pirton Church has a storied history. It is about half a mile away from "main" Pirton. When the Black Death arrived in Pirton around 1357, it devastated the village: there is a ditch visible still which was a mass grave for those who died of the plague. The surviving residents removed their habitations, leaving the church where the village used to stand.

Outside links

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