Patney

Patney is a small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, in the Vale of Pewsey about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south-east of Devizes.

Patney
Communications hub, Patney
Patney Location within Wiltshire
Population	155 (in 2011)[1]
OS grid reference	SU072584
Civil parish	Patney
Unitary authority	Wiltshire
Shire county	Wiltshire
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Devizes
Postcode district	SN10
Dialling code	01380
Police	Wiltshire
Fire	Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	East Wiltshire
Website	Parish Council
List of places UK England Wiltshire 51.325°N 1.898°W / 51.325; -1.898

The infant Salisbury Avon forms part of the southern boundary of the parish.

Religious sites

The nearest Anglican church is St John the Baptist at Chirton. Patney had a church since the 12th century, St Swithin's, which was rebuilt in 1878, closed in 1992, and became a private residence in 1996.^[2]

The ecclesiastical parish was united with the benefice of Chirton with Marden in 1963,^[3] and today is within the area of the Cannings and Redhorn Team Ministry which covers a group of eight churches in the Vale of Pewsey.^[4]

Local government

All significant local government services are provided by Wiltshire Council, with its headquarters in Trowbridge, and the parish is represented there by Paul Oatway.^[5] In the House of Commons the parish is part of the East Wiltshire constituency.

Railway

Main article: Patney and Chirton railway station

The Stert and Westbury Railway was built close to the north of the village in 1900 by the Great Western Railway Company. There was a station where the road to All Cannings crossed the line; it was closed when local services were withdrawn in 1966.

References

1. "Wiltshire Community History - Census". Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
2. "Church of St. Swithin, Patney". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
3. "No. 43194". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 December 1963. p. 10547.
4. "The Cannings & Redhorn Team". Retrieved 3 May 2022.
5. "Your Councillors". Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 7 September 2024.

External links

Media related to Patney at Wikimedia Commons

• Patney Parish Council
• "Patney". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
• Baggs, A. P.; Critall, Elizabeth; Freeman, Jane; Stevenson, Janet H. (1980). "Parishes: Patney". In Crowley, D. A. (ed.). A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 11. Victoria County History. University of London. pp. 203–208. Retrieved 3 May 2022 – via British History Online.