The ancient parish of Puriton lies on the gentle northern slope of the Polden ridge at its western end.  The arable fields occupied the top of the slope, its grassland mostly on Puriton Level to the north and north-east and beside the river Parrett to the south-west.  The parish includes the large but compact village of Puriton, 5 km. north-east of Bridgwater, the former borough of Downend 1 km. to the west-south-west and the former industrial hamlet and wharf at Dunball 1.5 km. to the south-west.

For visitors to our site from outside our area, Puriton is a village in Somerset of some 2000 population (approximately). It is situated adjacent to junction 23 of the M5 motorway and is about 3.5 miles northeast of the town of Bridgwater, famous for its night time carnival in November and somewhat infamous in past times from the smell from its cellophane factory, sadly now closed. If you want to see what the village looks like, why not go and have a look on Google Earth (If you haven't used Google Earth before click Google Earth to go to the web site where you can download it) - just type in the post code TA7 8AF and sit back in amazement!