Pury End

Pury End
Pury End
 Pury End shown within Northamptonshire
OS grid referenceSP709455
DistrictSouth Northamptonshire
Shire countyNorthamptonshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Towcester
Postcode district NN12
Dialling code 01327
Police Northamptonshire
Fire Northamptonshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK ParliamentDaventry
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Coordinates: 52°06′13″N 0°57′58″W / 52.1036°N 0.9660°W / 52.1036; -0.9660

Pury End is a hamlet of approximately 100 houses in the civil parish of Paulerspury, near Towcester in South Northamptonshire, England. 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 principal 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").

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