Pattesley
Pattesley is a very small village in the English county of Norfolk. It is located about one mile south of the village of Oxwick and consists of a few scattered houses.
History
After the Norman conquest, William the Conqueror granted the village to Lord Peter de Valognes, who then let Roger de Pattesley administer it on his behalf.[1]
Pattesley was mentioned on the Domesday Book survey.[2] During Elizabethian times, it was briefly donated to Caius College by Sir Christopher Heydon. The college exchanged the manor with Sir Roger Townshend of Raynham shortly after.[3]
The village once supported a church consecrated to Saint John the Baptist[4] though this is recorded as only a remnant as early as 1831[5] and appears to have been abandoned on the 16th Century, according to some sources.[6] The church was later incorporated into a farmhouse, known as Pattesley House or Pattesley Cottage, now a Grade II* listed building[7]
Its recorded population in 1861 was only 10 people.[8]
Other Uses
Its name is used by a group of singers 'The Pattesley Singers' who rehearse in nearby Colkirk.[9]
Notes
- ↑ Parkin 1809, p. 26
- ↑ Darby et al. 2008, p. 283
- ↑ 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 2011-06-26.
- ↑ Kelly 1865, p. 349
- ↑ Colkirk village website
References
- 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. Volume 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. Volume 3. Oxford University.
External links
- Ordnance Survey TF8975624141
- Church of St John the Baptist, English Heritage website.
Coordinates: 52°46′52″N 0°48′50″E / 52.781°N 0.814°E