In Bowyer's History of the Mitred Parliamentary Abbies[5] and other 18th- and 19th-century authors Bede's placename Peartenau is identified with Bardney. But Bede mentions Peartenau and Beardeneu in adjacent paragraphs, and the link to Bardney is now discredited.[6]Pearteneau is likely to be Partney. The monastery is thought to have been destroyed by Viking raids around 870.[6][7] No archaeological trace is known, but some burials confirm Saxon occupation at that time.[8][9][10]
Work on the town's bypass was preceded by a major archaeological investigation,[11] which concentrated on a Romano-British settlement and the 10th century monastic hospital.[9][10][12]
Apparently unrelated to the lost Saxon monastery, the later Benedictine medieval abbey of Bardney established a hospital at Partney, run as a cell of the abbey. The hospital was dedicated to St Mary Magdalene.[6][13] The chapel survived only as wall foundations as the above-ground remains have been entirely robbed out. The foundations suggest a modest rectangular stone building measuring 13.8 yards long by 7.2 yards wide with external buttresses.[10]
Domesday
Partney appears twice in the Domesday Book, as part of the Manor of Bardney. It is rendered as "Partenai" or "Partene",[14]
Community
Church of St Nicholas
Partney church is dedicated to St Nicholas. It is built of greenstone in Perpendicular style and dates from the 14th century. The brick chancel was built in 1828. The porch was constructed, and the nave and aisles rebuilt, by C. E. Giles, c. 1862. The tower was partly rebuilt in 1910.[15] In the churchyard stands a stone commemorating the marriage of Matthew Flinders within the church.[citation needed] The ecclesiastical parish of Partney is part of the Partney Group of the Deanery of Bolingbroke.[2][16]
Victory Hall, next to the church, is an amenity for local clubs and groups.[2][17]
^ abcPage, William, ed. (1906). "Houses of Benedictine monks: The abbey of Partney". A History of the County of Lincoln: Volume 2. Victoria County History. pp. 104–105. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
^Atkins, Robert; Popescu, Elizabeth Shepherd; Cane, Jon (ill.) (August 2005). Archaeological Excavations Along the Partney By-pass, Lincolnshire (a16/a158). Cambridge county council. ISBN978-1904452171.
