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in the East Lindsey district of

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, England. It is situated north of

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, and in the

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. The village was the birthplace of

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, the noted 17th-century

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. Partney is at the intersection of the A16 and

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s. A village bypass diverts the road to

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and Chapel St. Leonards. Public transport is provided by the

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No. 6 bus service which runs from

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to Skegness.

History

Partney Monastery

The existence of a Saxon

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house in Partney is known only from two references in Bede's '' Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum'' (''The Ecclesiastical History of the English People'') of 731. ''Bede'' ii.16 ''Bede'' iii.11 In Bowyer's ''History of the Mitred Parliamentary Abbies'' and other 18th- and 19th-century authors Bede's placename ''Peartenau'' is identified with ''Bardney''. But Bede mentions ''Peartenau'' and ''Beardeneu'' in adjacent paragraphs, and the link to Bardney is now discredited. ''Pearteneau'' is likely to be ''Partney''. The monastery is thought to have been destroyed by Viking raids around 870. No archaeological trace is known, but some burials confirm Saxon occupation at that time.

Abbots of Peartenau

*Deda, occurs 730 *

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(mentioned by Bede without date)

Dig at Partney

Work on the town's bypass was preceded by a major archaeological investigation, which concentrated on a Romano-British settlement and the 10th century monastic hospital. Apparently unrelated to the lost Saxon monastery, the later

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medieval abbey of

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established a hospital at Partney, run as a ''cell'' of the abbey. The hospital was dedicated to St Mary Magdalene. The chapel survived only as wall foundations as the above-ground remains have been entirely robbed out. The foundations suggest a modest rectangular stone building measuring 13.8 yards long by 7.2 yards wide with external buttresses.

''Domesday''

Partney appears twice in the ''

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'', as part of the Manor of Bardney. It is rendered as "Partenai" or "Partene",

Community

Partney church is dedicated to St Nicholas. It is built of greenstone in

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style and dates from the 14th century. The brick

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was built in 1828. The porch was constructed, and the

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and

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s rebuilt, by C. E. Giles, c. 1862. The tower was partly rebuilt in 1910. In the churchyard stands a stone commemorating the marriage of Matthew Flinders within the church. The

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of Partney is part of the ''Partney Group'' of the Deanery of Bolingbroke. Victory Hall, next to the church, is an amenity for local clubs and groups. The small village primary school is

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aided. In the past Partney held a sheep fair. Today an annual summer fair is held to raise money for local causes.

Notable people

and the actor Stephen Murray were born in the village.

References

External links

*

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, quoting John Marius Wilson's '' Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'' (1870–72)
"Partney"

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