Pattesley
Pattesley is a village in the English county of Norfolk, about one mile (1.6 km) south of the village of Oxwick. It consists of a few scattered houses. The population is included in the civil parish of Colkirk.
History edit
After the Norman conquest, William the Conqueror granted the village to Lord Peter de Valognes, who let Roger de Pattesley administer it on his behalf.[1]
Pattesley was mentioned in the 1067 Domesday Book survey.[2] During the reign of Elizabeth I of England, it was briefly donated by Sir Christopher Heydon to Caius College, which soon exchanged the manor with Sir Roger Townshend of Raynham.[3]
The village once supported a church consecrated to Saint John the Baptist,[4] though this is recorded as a remnant as early as 1831[5] and was abandoned on the 16th century, according to some sources.[6] The church building was later incorporated into a farmhouse known as Pattesley House or Pattesley Cottage, now a Grade II*listed building[7]
The recorded population of the village in 1861 was only ten.[8]
Other uses edit
The village name is used by a singing group, "The Pattesley Singers", based in nearby Colkirk.[9]
Notes edit
- ^ Blomefield & Parkin 1809, p. 26
- ^ Darby & Versey 2008, p. 283
- ^ Blomefield & Parkin 1809, pp. 27–28
- ^ Caius 1904, p. 380
- ^ Lewis 1831, p. 512
- ^ Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society 2007, p. 144
- ^ "Pattesley House". English Heritage. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
- ^ Kelly 1865, p. 349
- ^ Colkirk village website 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
References edit
- Darby, H.C.; Versey, G.R. (2008). Domesday Gazetteer. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-07858-0.
- Caius, John (1904). "The Annals of Gonville and Caius College". Cambridge Antiquarian Society. Vol. 40. Octavo Publications.
- Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society (2007). "Miscellaneous tracts relating to the county of Norfolk". Norfolk archaeology. Vol. 45, Part 2. Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society.
- Kelly, E.R. (1865). The Post Office Directory of Norfolk & Suffolk. Oxford University.
- Lewis, Samuel (1831). A topographical dictionary of England. S. Lewis & Co.
- Blomefield, Francis; Parkin, Charles (1809). An essay towards a topographical history of the county of Norfolk. Vol. 3. Oxford University.
External links edit
- Ordnance Survey TF8975624141
- Church of St John the Baptist, English Heritage website
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