Patshull is a former parish now in the

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of Parish (administrative division), administrative parish used for Local government in England, local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below district ...

Pattingham and Patshull 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 P ...

South Staffordshire South Staffordshire is a local government district in Staffordshire, England. The district lies to the north and west of the West Midlands county, bordering Shropshire to the west and Worcestershire to the south. It contains notable settleme ...

, 7 miles west of

Wolverhampton Wolverhampton () is a City status in the United Kingdom, city, metropolitan borough and administrative centre in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. The population size has increased by 5.7%, from around 249,500 in 2011 United ...

and 7½ miles east of

Bridgnorth Bridgnorth is a town in Shropshire, England. The River Severn splits it into High Town and Low Town, the upper town on the right bank and the lower on the left bank of the River Severn. The population at the 2011 Census was 12,079. Histor ...

. According to the 2011 census it had a population of 212. The parish consisted of Patshull,

Burnhill Green Burnhill Green is a small hamlet near Pattingham, situated in Staffordshire, England, in the former parish of Patshull. The hamlet is on the edge of the Staffordshire county border where it becomes Shropshire and consists of a pub, The Dartmouth ...

and, along its eastern boundary, Westbeech (old name Westbach). It formerly contained several farmhouses and small cottages, but Burnhill Green is the main hamlet. In 1961 the civil parish had a population of 154.

History

Patshull, which was anciently called Peccleshala, occupies a salient of Staffordshire projecting into

Shropshire Shropshire (; alternatively Salop; abbreviated in print only as Shrops; demonym Salopian ) is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to ...

. Area 1,850 acres. The parish contains

Patshull Hall Patshull Hall is a substantial Georgian mansion house situated near Pattingham in Staffordshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building and by repute is one of the largest listed buildings in the county. History The Hall was built to designs ...

, which was set in a park of 341 acres.History, Gazetteer and Directory of Staffordshire by William White, pub. Sheffield, 1834. Page 272 The settlements are of small extent. The ground in the parish is level and generally

fertile Fertility is the capability to produce offspring through reproduction following the onset of sexual maturity. The fertility rate is the average number of children born by a female during her lifetime and is quantified demographically. Ferti ...

. It contains two lakes, called Patshull and Snowdon Pools,National Gazetteer, Vol III, publ by Virtue & Co., London, 1868. Alphabetical article on Patshull. the latter, which has a serpentine shape, adorning the front of the mansion of Patshull Hall. In 1986 the civil parishes of Patshull and Pattingham were amalgamated. The new parish of Pattingham and Patshull was divided into two parish wards of Patshull and Pattingham, each consisting of the area of the identically named parish as previously constituted. Patshull was only allocated 2 parish councillors out of 11 in total. The ecclesiastical parishes have likewise been amalgamated. Patshull Church, dedicated to St. Mary, was built by Sir John Astley around 1743, and is situated in the park.Historic England, "Church of St Mary, Pattingham and Patshull (1039330)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 4 February 2013

is a mid-18th century Baroque house whose estate was landscaped by

Capability Brown Lancelot Brown (born c. 1715–16, baptised 30 August 1716 – 6 February 1783), more commonly known as Capability Brown, was an English gardener and landscape architect, who remains the most famous figure in the history of the English lan ...

, built by Astley around same time as the church. It was later the Staffordshire seat of the

Earls of Dartmouth Earl of Dartmouth is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1711 for William Legge, 2nd Baron Dartmouth. History The Legge family descended from Edward Legge, Vice-President of Munster. His eldest son William Legge was ...

. A hotel is situated in the grounds of the Hall and features a golf course and trout fishing lakes. The parish was in the South division of

Seisdon Hundred Seisdon is a hundred in the county of Staffordshire, England, located in the south-west of that county. It is named after Seisdon, a locality in the parish of Trysull and Seisdon. Etymology The name appears to mean "hill of the Saxons", der ...

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Villages in Staffordshire South Staffordshire District Former civil parishes in Staffordshire {{Staffordshire-geo-stub