Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for NETTLETON

NETTLETON, a village and a parish in Caistor district, Lincoln. The village stands in a valley, at thefoot of a bold projection of the Wolds, called Nettletonhill, 1 mile S S W of Caistor, and 2 E N E of Moortown r.station. The parish comprises 3, 570 acres. Post-town, Caistor. Real property, £4, 574. Pop., 536. Houses, 112. The manor belongs to Sir Culling Eardley, Bart. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £550. Patron, the Rev. S. Turner. The church ischiefly Norman, and has a tower. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, a British school, and charities £20.


(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: Nettleton AP/CP       Caistor RegD/PLU       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Nettleton

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