Pattesley

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 appears to have been 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]

Its recorded population in 1861 was only ten.[8]

Its name is used by a singing group, "The Pattesley Singers", which is based in nearby Colkirk.[9]

• 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.

• Ordnance Survey TF8975624141
• Church of St John the Baptist, English Heritage website