Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for NETTLEBED

NETTLEBED, a village and a parish in Henley district, Oxford. The village stands on an eminence of the Chiltern hills, 5 miles N W of Henley r. station; is a pleasant place, with well-built, neat, and very cleanprincipal street; contains several good inns and shops; is apolling place; and has a post-office under Henley-on-Thames, and a fair on 29 Oct. The parish comprises 1, 164acres. Real property, £2, 156. Pop., 73 7. Houses, 148. Windmill Hill, near the village, commands beautiful and extensive views. Nettlebed Hill rises to a height of 820 feet above sea-level. A considerable trade is done inbeech timber; a saw-mill was recently erected; chair-making is carried on; chalk-rock is calcined for lime; and bricks, tiles, and coarse potteryware are made. The parish is a meet for the Bramshill hounds. The living is a donative in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £112. Patrons, the Representatives of the late Rev. T. L. Bennett. The church was rebuilt in 1846, and is a beautiful edifice. There is an Independent chapel.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Nettlebed AP/CP       Henley RegD/PLU       Oxfordshire AncC
Place: Nettlebed

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