Patton, Shropshire

Patton
The lane leading to Patton Grange Farm
Patton  Patton shown within Shropshire
OS grid reference	SO583949
Civil parish	Stanton Long
Unitary authority	Shropshire
Ceremonial county	Shropshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MUCH WENLOCK
Postcode district	TF13
Dialling code	01746
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Shropshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
EU Parliament	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Ludlow
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Coordinates: 52°33′00″N 2°36′50″W / 52.550°N 2.614°W / 52.550; -2.614

Patton is a hamlet in Shropshire, England.

It is located in the civil parish of Stanton Long, on the B4378 road between Bourton and Brockton. It lies on the eastern hillside of the upper Corve valley at an elevation of around 205 metres (673 ft) above sea level. The market town of Much Wenlock is 3.5 miles (5.6 km) distant.^[1]

History

The name was first recorded in 901 as Peatingtune; it is Old English and derives from "the farmstead of Peat(t)a".^[2]

The manor of Patton was recorded in the Domesday Book as Patintone and belonging to the hundred of Patton. The Book recorded in Patton only 6 households, which represented a quite small settlement. The caput of Patton hundred no longer was in Patton itself by 1066, but at Corfham which was a manor held by the king.^[3]

Hundred

It formed part of and gave its name to the Saxon hundred of Patton, which existed until the early 12th century.

Patton hundred was then amalgamated with Culvestan into the new Munslow hundred. However circa 1200 a part of the Patton township was ceded to the franchise of Wenlock.

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