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Burnett Close, BRISTOL, BS39 7AS

An appropriate name for what was once Paulton's largest employer - Purnell's printworks used to be here, occupying several acres of land. The company was a small family concern, established in 1839 and mainly printing bibles, but which embarked on an ambitious path of expansion, post-war. The company merged with others, buying up many other firms and moving into periodical publishing. At its peak, the company employed over 2,000 workers. However, business tailed off and the firm closed the works in 2005. Today, some of the old works land is being redeveloped into a large housing estate.

These houses have been built on the site of the demolished factory of Polestar Purnell the printing company.

Once the premises of a sprawling print works post-war, this part of Paulton is now being transformed into a large housing development.

The old printing works are now gone, along with their industrial roofs. The large housing development takes on the appearances.

These playing fields are not yet marked on the OS maps and the structure marked as being in the NW corner of the field has disappeared. Today a match was in progress between Bath City Gladiators (who won easily) and Purnells B team. The fields enjoy a location with an pleasing view around the valley over to High Littleton on the other side.

Today the gate shown at Image was open, giving access to this path, popular with dog walkers, which would once have skirted Purnell's printing works. The area of the former works has had housing built on it, and this adjacent area is also being built on. Paulton must have had a considerable expansion of population in recent years, but despite this many of the shops in the village have closed and it has lost its post office.

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.

Pyramid finial - 3 arms; Somerset SCC pyramid by the UC road, in parish of Paulton (Bath And North East Somerset District), in the centre of the roundabout where the B3355 Hallatrow Road, Farrington Road, Church Street and Purnell Way meet. surveyed Milestone Society National ID: SO_ST6456

Holy Trinity tempts passers-by with some hot drinks.

A veterinary premises in what is a fairly old building, right on the roundabout. It was the Old School Rooms back in the day.