Pattesley

Pattesley is a small village in the English county of Norfolk, located 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[]

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]

Other uses[]

Its name is used by a singing group, "The Pattesley Singers", which is based 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 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. |volume= has extra text (help)
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. |volume= has extra text (help)
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. |volume= has extra text (help)