Pentney
Sign in to savePentney is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, located about south east of King's Lynn, placing it about halfway between King's Lynn and Swaffham on the A47 road. It covers an area of and had a population of 387 in 184 households at the 2001 census, increasing to 544 at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. It is in the valley of the River Nar, a tributary of the River Great Ouse.
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Place details
- Locality
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Pentney
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.shire_county
- Norfolk
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TF720138
- UK place.population
- 544
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 10.39
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.static_image
- Pentneysign.jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
- 240px
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Pentney village sign in the midst of a rare springtime snowfall during 2008
- UK place.post_town
- KING'S LYNN
- UK place.postcode_area
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- Population
- +544
- Area
- +10.39
- Image
- Pentneyabbey.jpg
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Augustinian Priory
- Wayside Cross
- Pentney Church
- Pentney Treasure
- Transport
- Pentney Poacher
- Governance
- References
- External links
Pentney is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, located about south east of King's Lynn, placing it about halfway between King's Lynn and Swaffham on the A47 road. It covers an area of and had a population of 387 in 184 households at the 2001 census, increasing to 544 at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. It is in the valley of the River Nar, a tributary of the River Great Ouse.
The age of the village is unknown, but it dates at least to the 3rd or 4th centuries AD, from which time there is evidence of a Romano-British local pottery industry. A Roman road and settlement in Pentney ran close to the river Nar. The name suggests that Pentney was at one time an island: one theory for the etymology is Penta's / Penda's Island, from the Anglo-Saxon Pendan-ig, the ig being equivalent to Old Norse ey = island (Pentney is on drained waterlands).