Pattesley is a village in the

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county of

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, 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

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of Colkirk.

History

After the

Norman Conquest The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Normans, Norman, French people, French, Flemish people, Flemish, and Bretons, Breton troops, all led by the Du ...

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granted the village to Lord

Peter de Valognes Peter de Valognes (1045–1110) was a Norman noble who became a great landowner in England following his part as a commander in the 1066 Norman conquest of England. Land holdings Between 1070 and 1076, Peter de Valognes was granted lands in th ...

, who let Roger de Pattesley administer it on his behalf. Pattesley was mentioned in the 1067

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survey. During the reign of

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, it was briefly donated by Sir

Christopher Heydon Sir Christopher Heydon (14 August 1561 – 1 January 1623) was an English soldier, politician, and writer on astrology, who was a Member of Parliament for Norfolk from 1588 to 1589. He quarrelled with his family over its estates in Norfolk. Ba ...

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, which soon exchanged the manor with Sir Roger Townshend of Raynham. The village once supported a church

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, though this is recorded as a remnant as early as 1831 and was abandoned on the 16th century, according to some sources. The church building was later incorporated into a farmhouse known as Pattesley House or Pattesley Cottage, now a Grade II*listed building The recorded population of the village in 1861 was only ten.

Other uses

The village name is used by a singing group, "The Pattesley Singers", based in nearby Colkirk.Colkirk village website

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External links

* ttp://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=358174 Church of St John the Baptist English Heritage website Villages in Norfolk Deserted medieval villages in Norfolk Breckland District {{Norfolk-geo-stub