Patton is a hamlet in
Shropshire, England.
It is located in the
civil parish of
Stanton Long
Stanton Long is a small village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish situated in the district of Corve Dale, Shropshire, England. It is one of three parishes in the local area, including Easthope and Shipton, Shropshire, Shipton. In the ' ...
on the B4378 road between
Bourton and
Brockton. It lies on the eastern hillside of the upper
Corve valley at an elevation of around above sea level. The market town of
Much Wenlock
Much Wenlock is a market town and parish in Shropshire, England, situated on the A458 road between Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth. Nearby, to the northeast, is the Ironbridge Gorge, and the new town of Telford. The civil parish includes the villag ...
is distant.
History
The name was first recorded in 901 as ''Peatingtune''; it is
Old English
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and means from "the farmstead of ''Peat''(''t'')''a''" or "the farmstead of the sons or people of ''Peat''(''t'')''a''".
The
manor
Manor may refer to:
Land ownership
*Manorialism or "manor system", the method of land ownership (or "tenure") in parts of medieval Europe, notably England
*Lord of the manor, the owner of an agreed area of land (or "manor") under manorialism
*Man ...
of Patton was recorded in the
Domesday Book as ''Patintone'' and belonging to the hundred of Patton. The Book recorded in Patton only 6 households, which represented a quite small settlement. The ''
caput'' of Patton hundred no longer was in Patton itself by 1066, but at
Corfham which was a manor held by the king.
Open Domesday
Patton
Hundred
It formed part of and gave its name to the Saxon hundred of Patton
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, which existed until the early 12th century.
Patton hundred was then amalgamated with Culvestan into the new Munslow
Munslow is a small village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is situated on the B4368, northeast of the small town of Craven Arms, in the Corvedale, at around above sea level.
The village formed part of and gave its name to the hun ...
hundred. However circa 1200 a part of the Patton township was ceded to the franchise of Wenlock.
References
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Hamlets in Shropshire