Panfield

Panfield
Church of St Mary and St Christopher
Panfield Location within Essex
Population	857 (Parish, 2021) [1]
Civil parish	Panfield
District	Braintree
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BRAINTREE
Postcode district	CM7
Dialling code	01376
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
List of places UK England Essex 51°53′57″N0°31′06″E / 51.8993°N 0.5184°E / 51.8993; 0.5184

Panfield is a village and civil parish in the Braintree district of Essex, England. It is near the town of Braintree. In 2021 the parish had a population of 857.

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'. ^{[2] [3]} Panfield's other listed buildings include the Grade I listed Panfield Hall, a 16th-century red brick house. ^[4] Panfield was recorded in the Domesday Book as Penfelda. ^[5]

No traces remain above ground of the medieval Panfield Priory, an Augustinian monastery sited in Great Priory Farm. ^[6]

References

1. "2021 Census Parish Profiles". NOMIS. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 31 March 2025. (To get individual parish data, use the query function on table PP002.)
2. "Panfield: St Mary and St Christopher, Panfield". The Church of England. 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
3. Historic England. "Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin (1123400)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 15 March 2016.
4. "Panfield Hall, Panfield, Essex".
5. "The Domesday Book Online - Essex P-S".
6. "Unlocking Essex's Past". Essex County Council. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2019.