Pury End

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Pury End is a hamlet of approximately 100 houses within the parish of Paulerspury, near Towcester, in the county of Northamptonshire, England. Off the beaten track, the village is usually visited by walkers as the ancient "Grafton Way" footpath crosses through the village and runs down Carey's Road.

Historically the village is famous as the birthplace of the missionary William Carey (1761). The cottage of his birth is no longer there, but is marked by a stone memorial on Carey's Road, named after him.

In Elizabethan times the village of Paulerspury was important because the Lord of the Manor, Sir Nicholas Throckmorton, was a principle advisor to Queen Elizabeth. Sir Nicholas's sister, also named Elizabeth, was involved in famous gossip by scandalously marrying the Queen's favourite, Sir Walter Raleigh, in secret and without first getting the monarch's permission.

During World War II the small hamlet was hit by a stray bomb. Several houses were damaged - the Manor Farm, "Little Farm", the Bricklayers' Arms pub and the Primitive Methodist Chapel (now known as "Old Chapel Cottage").