Purley may refer to:
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Purley (name) Purley is both a surname and a given name.
People
Notable people with the name include:
*David Purley
David Charles Purley, GM (26 January 1945 – 2 July 1985) was a British racing driver born in Bognor Regis, West Sussex, who particip ...
, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name
Places
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Purley, London
Purley is an area of the London Borough of Croydon in London, England, south of Charing Cross, with a history going back at least 800 years. It was originally granted as an estate from holdings at Sanderstead and until as a district of Surrey a ...
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Purley railway station
Purley railway station is in the London Borough of Croydon on the Brighton Main Line, measured from ( from ), in Travelcard Zone 6. It is a junction, with branches to Caterham and Tattenham Corner.
History
Purley station has been known by ...
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Purley Way
Purley Way is a section of the A23 trunk road in the London Borough of Croydon, in the areas of Purley, Waddon and Broad Green, and has given its name to the out-of-town shopping area alongside it with a catchment area covering most of South ...
, out-of-town retail area
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Purley on Thames
Purley on Thames (known locally as Purley) is a village and civil parish in Berkshire, England. Purley is centred north-west of Reading, east of Pangbourne, and south-east of Oxford. Consequently, Reading is the principal social, economic a ...
, Berkshire, England
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Purley, North Carolina
The Caswell County, North Carolina, United States, unincorporated community of Purley, along with the communities of Blanche and Providence, makes up Dan River Township. On a farm in this area, a process for curing brightleaf tobacco was disc ...
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Purley, Texas
Purley is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 81 in 2000.
History
Purley was first settled in the 1850s. A post office opened in Purley in 1 ...
, United States
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Purleigh
Purleigh is a village on the Dengie peninsula about south of Maldon, Essex, Maldon in the English county of Essex. The village is part of the Purleigh ward of the Maldon (district), Maldon district.
The place-name 'Purleigh' is first attested ...
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Pearly (disambiguation)
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