Archaeologia Cantiana Vol. 122

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Archaeologia Cantiana - Vol. 122 2002 page 114
Patrixbourne Church: Medieval Patronage, Fabric and History. By Mary Berg

Plate I

Photo: copyright Mary Berg
St Mary Church, Patrixbourne from the South

The Patrick Family

While there is only very limited documentary evidence for the church, there is a rich and previously unexplored fund available on the history of the Patrick family from which the village derives its name. Because the relevance of this

material has not been appreciated before, it receives particular emphasis here and has led to further enquiry in Normandy.
The first known documentary record of a church at Patrixbourne is a bare mention in Domesday Book; there were also earlier, Anglo-

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