Church Street roundabout
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Church Street roundabout
Image: © Neil Owen Taken: 11 Oct 2016
Once this was the start of the massive Purnell's print works, but following the closure of Paulton's biggest employer in 2005, the old industrial buildings have been cleared and a housing estate developed in its stead. Prior to that, in the late nineteenth century, this was the site of Manor Farm, with a boot and shoe factory just up the road. Purnell's grew in the post-WWI period, with a much larger expansion in the post-WWII.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.307428
Longitude
-2.504636