Partney
Coordinates: 53°11′38″N 0°06′35″E / 53.193987°N 0.109657°E
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 Former A16, Partney village |
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 Partney
Partney shown within Lincolnshire |
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| Population | 232 (2001) |
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| OS grid reference | TF410684 |
| - London | 116 mi (187 km) S |
| District | East Lindsey |
| Shire county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | PE23 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Louth and Horncastle |
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Partney is a small village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 3 miles (4.8 km) north from Spilsby, and in the Lincolnshire Wolds. The village was the birthplace of Henry Stubbe, the noted 17th century Intellectual.[1]
Partney is at the intersection of the A16 and A158 roads. A village bypass diverts the road to Skegness, Ingoldmells and Chapel Saint Leonards. Public transport is provided by the Connect No. 6 bus service which runs from Lincoln to Skegness.
History
Partney Monastery
The existence of a Saxon Monastic 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.[2][3]
In Bowyer's History of the Mitred Parliamentary Abbies[4] 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.[5]Pearteneau is likely to be Partney. The monastery is thought to have been destroyed by Viking raids around 870.[5][6] No archaeological trace is known, but some burials confirm Saxon occupation at that time.[7][8][9]
Abbots of Peartenau
Dig at Partney
Work on the town's bypass was preceded by a major archaeological investigation,[10] which concentrated on a Romano-British settlement and the 10th century monastic hospital.[8][11][9] Apparently unrelated to the lost Saxon monastery, the later Benedictine medieval abbey of Bardney established a hospital at Partney, run as a cell of the Abbey. The Hospital was dedicated to St Mary Magdalene.[5][12] 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 12.6 m long by 6.6 m wide with external buttresses.[9]
Domesday
Partney appears twice in the Domesday book, as part of the Manor of Bardney. It is rendered as "Partenai" or "Partene", [13]
Community
Partney church is dedicated to St Nicholas. It is build of greenstone in the Perpendicular style.Although known to date from the 14th century, The brick chancel was built in 1828, nave and aisles rebuilt and porch built circa 1862 by C. E. Giles, tower part rebuilt 1910.[14] in the churchyard stands a stone commemorating Matthew Flinders' marriage in the church.[citation needed] The Ecclesiastical parish of Partney is part of The Partney Group of the Deanery of Bolingbroke.[1][15]
The Victory Hall, next to the church, is an amenity for local clubs and groups.[1][16]
The small village primary school is Church of England aided.[1][17]
In the past Partney held a sheep fair. Today an annual summer fair is held to raise money for local causes.[citation needed]
Notable people
Henry Stubbe[1] and the actor Stephen Murray were born in the village.[citation needed]
Further reading
- Edgeworth, Maria; "Tales and Novels", "Partney Sheep Fair", volume 2[page needed]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Village web site". Retrieved 2013-04-04.
- ^ a b Bede ii.16
- ^ a b Bede iii.11
- ^ Bowyer, W. (1718). An History of the Mitred Parliamentary Abbies, and Conventual Cathedral Churches. Retrieved 2013-04-04.
- ^ a b c Page, William, ed. (1906). "Houses of Benedictine monks: The abbey of Partney". A History of the County of Lincoln: Volume 2. Victoria County History. p. 104-105. Retrieved 04 April 2013.
- ^ Monument No. 355346. PastScape. English Heritage. Retrieved 2013-04-04.
- ^ Anglo Saxon inhumation (355359). PastScape. English Heritage. Retrieved 2013-04-04.
- ^ a b "Archaeological Dig". Partney village web site. Retrieved 2013-04-04.
- ^ a b c "Medieval Chapel and Cemetery Site, Partney". English Heritage. 2005. Retrieved 2013-04-04.
- ^ "Land at Partney bypass". Archaeology Data Service. 2005. Retrieved 2013-04-04.
- ^ Atkins, Robert; Popescu, Elizabeth Shepherd; Cane, Jon (ill.) (2005-08). Archaeological Excavations Along the Partney By-pass, Lincolnshire (a16/a158). Cambridge county council. ISBN 978-1904452171.
- ^ Hospital of St. Mary Magdalene, Partney (355349). PastScape. English Heritage. Retrieved 2013-04-04.
- ^ "Open Domesday". Retrieved 2013-04-07.
- ^ St. Nicholas' Church, Partney, (355300). PastScape. English Heritage. Retrieved 2013-04-04.
- ^ "Ecclesiastical parish details". Diocese of Lincoln. Retrieved 2013-04-04.
- ^ "Partney, Dalby & Dexthorpe Victory Hall". Lincolnshire county Council. Retrieved 2013-04-04.
- ^ "School web site". Partney C of E school. Retrieved 2013-04-04.
External links
Media related to Partney at Wikimedia Commons
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