Pattingham
Pattingham | |
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St Chad's parish church | |
Pattingham Location within Staffordshire | |
Population | 2,246 (2011 Census)[1] |
OS grid reference | SO822991 |
Civil parish | |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Wolverhampton |
Postcode district | WV6 |
Dialling code | 01902 |
Police | Staffordshire |
Fire | Staffordshire |
Ambulance | West Midlands |
Pattingham is a village in the civil parish of Pattingham and Patshull, South Staffordshire, near the county boundary with Shropshire. Pattingham is seven miles west of Wolverhampton and seven and a half miles east of Bridgnorth.
Description[]
Pattingham was originally a farming community but expanded housing in the mid- to late-20th century has led to it becoming a dormitory village for West Midlands conurbation. The population of the civil parish is around 2,200.
The village centre has a parish church and primary school (both St Chad's), a village hall, and several shops. It has also two public houses, a working men's club and The Cowshed Restaurant.
The oldest extant portion of St Chad's Church dates from the late 12th century. The church was rebuilt in the mid-17th century following a devastating fire. George Gilbert Scott extensively remodelled the church in the late 19th century.
Pattingham House was designed by William Baker of Audlem about 1760, and was formerly known as The Torque House after an Iron Age gold torc which was discovered in the grounds.
A mile outside Pattingham is Rudge Hall, a Grade II listed house, which belonged to the Wight-Boycott family during the 19th century.
Many of the more modern houses in the village were designed by Richard Hughes, a late 19th-century architect who was inspired by the works of Thomas Telford and William Morris.
The village is served by National Express bus service 10A which operates approximately every 90 minutes to Perton and Wolverhampton Mon-Fri. Alternatively National Express operates bus service 10 between Perton and Wolverhampton approximately every 20 minutes peak time, while Arriva Midlands operates the bus service 9 along Bridgnorth Road (A454) approximately hourly between Bridgnorth and Wolverhampton via Compton Monday-Saturday.
Schools[]
Shops and pubs[]
- The Pigot Arms
- The Crown
- Co-op general store and Post Office
- Raymond Clarke Florist
- Le Salon
- Kenneth Clive Menswear
- Medicare Pharmacy
- Lychgate Coffee cafe
- Friendly Foods - vegan food store
- Martin Thomas family butchers
On the edge of the village:
- The Cow Shed restaurant
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 11 September 2015.
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pattingham. |
- Pattingham & Patshull Parish Council
- Patshull Park
- St Chad's Church
- St Chad's Pattingham Bellringers
- The Chad Singers
- Pattingham Drama Group
Further reading[]
- May Griffiths. Around Pattingham & Wombourne in Old Photographs. 1992
- Alex Brew. Tettenhall & Pattingham (The Archive Photograph Series). 1997
- South Staffordshire District
- Villages in Staffordshire
- Staffordshire geography stubs