Pirton, Hertfordshire

Human settlement in England

Pirton

St Mary's Church, Pirton

Pirton

Location within Hertfordshire

Population| 1,274 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid reference| TL147317
District|

* North Hertfordshire

Shire county|

* Hertfordshire

Region|

* East

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| Hitchin
Postcode district| SG5
Dialling code| 01462
Police| Hertfordshire
Fire| Hertfordshire
Ambulance| East of England
UK Parliament|

* Hitchin and Harpenden

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Hertfordshire

51°58′22″N 0°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]

The church, rebuilt in 1877, but with the remains of its 12th-century tower, is built within the bailey of a former castle, Toot Hill.[2] 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.

Pirton first appeared in official records in the Domesday Book in 1086 within the hundred of Hitchin.[3] The village was then known as Peritone (meaning 'Homestead of Pears')[4]

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.

There are two churches in Pirton - one Methodist, one Anglican. There is a village school which teaches children from reception to Year 6. Many students continue on at Hitchin Priory.

## References

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

## External links

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* Pirton Local History Group website
* Pirton Parish Council Official website

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Civil parishes in Hertfordshire

Dacorum (partly parished)|

* Aldbury
* Berkhamsted
* Bovingdon
* Chipperfield
* Flamstead
* Flaunden
* Great Gaddesden
* Kings Langley
* Little Gaddesden
* Markyate
* Nash Mills
* Nettleden with Potten End
* Northchurch
* Tring
* Tring Rural
* Wigginton

East Hertfordshire (wholly parished)|

* Albury
* Anstey
* Ardeley
* Aspenden
* Aston
* Bayford
* Bengeo Rural
* Benington
* Bishop's Stortford
* Bramfield
* Braughing
* Brent Pelham
* Brickendon Liberty
* Buckland
* Buntingford
* Cottered
* Datchworth
* Eastwick
* Gilston
* Furneux Pelham
* Great Amwell
* Great Munden
* Hertford
* Hertford Heath
* Hertingfordbury
* High Wych
* Hormead
* Hunsdon
* Little Berkhamsted
* Little Hadham
* Little Munden
* Meesden
* Much Hadham
* Sacombe
* Sawbridgeworth
* Standon
* Stanstead Abbots
* Stanstead St Margarets
* Stapleford
* Stocking Pelham
* Tewin
* Thorley
* Thundridge
* Walkern
* Ware
* Wareside
* Watton-at-Stone
* Westmill
* Widford
* Wyddial

Hertsmere (partly parished)|

* Aldenham
* Elstree and Borehamwood
* Hertsmere Meriden
* Shenley
* South Mimms and Ridge

North Hertfordshire (partly parished)|

* Ashwell
* Barkway
* Barley
* Bygrave
* Caldecote
* Clothall
* Codicote
* Graveley
* Great Ashby
* Hexton
* Hinxworth
* Holwell
* Ickleford
* Kelshall
* Kimpton
* King's Walden
* Knebworth
* Langley
* Lilley
* Newnham
* Nuthampstead
* Offley
* Pirton
* Preston
* Radwell
* Reed
* Royston
* Rushden
* Sandon
* St Ippolyts
* St Paul's Walden
* Therfield
* Wallington
* Weston
* Wymondley

St Albans (partly parished)|

* Colney Heath
* Harpenden Town
* Harpenden Rural
* London Colney
* Redbourn
* Sandridge
* St Michael
* St Stephen
* Wheathampstead

Three Rivers (partly parished)|

* Abbots Langley
* Batchworth
* Chorleywood
* Croxley Green
* Sarratt
* Watford Rural

Welwyn Hatfield (partly parished)|

* Ayot St Lawrence
* Ayot St Peter
* Essendon
* Hatfield
* North Mymms
* Northaw and Cuffley
* Welwyn
* Woolmer Green

Wholly unparished boroughs|

* Broxbourne
* Stevenage
* Watford

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* List of places in Hertfordshire

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