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 Archived 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
52°46′52″N 0°48′50″E / 52.781°N 0.814°E
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