Panfield | |
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Church of St Mary and St Christopher | |
Location within Essex | |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | BRAINTREE |
Postcode district | CM7 |
Dialling code | 01376 |
Panfield is a village and civil parish in the Braintree district of Essex, England. It is near the town of Braintree.
The Grade II* listed Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Mary and St Christopher, although listed by Historic England as 'St Mary the Virgin'.[1][2] Panfield's other listed buildings include the Grade I Panfield Hall, a 16th-century red brick house.[3] Panfield was recorded in the Domesday Book as Penfelda.[4] In 2001 the parish had a population of 850.[5]
No traces remain above ground of the medieval Panfield Priory, an Augustinian monastery sited in Great Priory Farm.[6]