Pirton, Hertfordshire

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Pirton
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St Mary's Church, Pirton
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Pirton
Location within Hertfordshire
Population1,274 (2011 Census) [1]
OS grid reference TL147317
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Hitchin
Postcode district SG5
Dialling code 01462
Police Hertfordshire
Fire Hertfordshire
Ambulance East of England
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51°58′22″N0°19′53″W / 51.97277°N 0.33148°W / 51.97277; -0.33148

Pirton is a large village and civil parish three miles northwest of Hitchin in Hertfordshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,274. [1]

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History

Pirton first appeared in official records in the Domesday Book in 1086 within the hundred of Hitchin. [2] The village was then known as Peritone (meaning 'Homestead of Pears') [3]

Notable buildings

The parish church, rebuilt in 1877, but with the remains of its 12th-century tower, is built within the bailey of a former castle, Toot Hill. [4] There is also a Methodist church.

Pirton Grange, which was remodelled in the 18th century, is in the north of the parish, and is a particularly interesting, moated Elizabethan house with a timber-framed gatehouse. Hammonds Farm and Rectory Farm, with its tithe barn, are also Elizabethan.

Transport

The Icknield Way Path passes through the village on its 110-mile (180 km) journey from Ivinghoe Beacon in Buckinghamshire to Knettishall Heath in Suffolk. The Icknield Way Trail, a multi-user route for walkers, horse riders and off-road cyclists also passes through the village.

Education

There is a village school which teaches children from reception to Year 6. Many students continue on at Hitchin Priory.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Pirton Parish". NOMIS. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  2. http://opendomesday.org/place/TL1431/pirton/ Open Domesday Map: Pirton, Hertfordshire
  3. A Foot on Three Daisies - Pirton's Story - Pirton Local History Group, 1987 ISBN   0-9512103-0-0
  4. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England) (1911). An Inventory of the Historical Monuments of Hertfordshire. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office. pp.  161–165.