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. The population is included in the civil parish of Colkirk.

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 the singing group "The Pattesley Singers", who rehearse in nearby Colkirk.[9]

Notes

  1. ↑ Parkin 1809, p. 26
  2. ↑ Darby et al. 2008, p. 283
  3. ↑ Parkin 1809, pp. 27–28
  4. ↑ Caius 1904, p. 380
  5. ↑ Lewis 1831, p. 512
  6. ↑ Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society 2007, p. 144
  7. ↑ "Pattesley House". English Heritage. Retrieved 2011-06-26.
  8. ↑ Kelly 1865, p. 349
  9. ↑ Colkirk village website Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine.

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.

Coordinates: 52°46′52″N 0°48′50″E / 52.781°N 0.814°E / 52.781; 0.814


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