| Pentney | |
|---|---|
 Pentney village sign in the midst of a rare springtime snowfall during 2008 | |
  Pentney Location within Norfolk | |
| Area | 10.39 km2 (4.01 sq mi) |
| Population | 544 (2011) |
| • Density | 52/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | TF720138 |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | KING'S LYNN |
| Postcode district | PE32 |
| Dialling code | 01760 |
| Police | Norfolk |
| Fire | Norfolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
Pentney is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, located about 8 miles (13 km) 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 10.39 km2 (4.01 sq mi) and had a population of 387 in 184 households at the 2001 census,[1] increasing to 544 at the 2011 Census.[2] 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 CE, from which time there is evidence of a Romano-British local pottery industry.[3] A Roman road and settlement in Pentney ran close to the river Nar[4] 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).[5]
- ^ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes Archived 11 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ^ Norfolk, Part 1, Buildings of England, Pevsner architectural guides: Norfolk, Nikolaus Pevsner and Bill Wilson, Yale University Press, 2002, ISBN 0-300-09607-0
- ^ Aslet Clive, 2011, Villages of Britain, p263. Bloomsbury publishing.
- ^ p.70, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary, Henry Harrison, 1912; reprinted 1996, Genealogical Publishing Com, ISBN 0-8063-0171-6