Nettleham, Lincolnshire

Historical Description

Nettleham, a village and a parish in Lincolnshire. The village stands 2 miles WNW of Reepham station on the Hull and Lincoln branch of the M.S. & L.R., and 3 NE of Lincoln, and has a post and money order office under Lincoln; telegraph office, Lincoln. The parish comprises 3491 acres; population, 914. There is a parish council consisting of ten members. The manor belongs to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and a palace of the bishops once stood here. Nettle-ham Hall is the seat of the Hood family, and stands on an eminence amid pleasant grounds. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lincoln; net value, £180 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Lincoln. The church, an ancient building of stone in Early English and Perpendicular styles, was restored in 1882. There are Free Methodist and Wesleyan chapels, and some small charities. 334:

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Church Records

Findmypast, in conjunction with the Lincolnshire Archives, have the following parish records online for Nettleham:

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Nettleham from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Nettleham (All Saints))

Maps

Online maps of Nettleham are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Lincolnshire papers online:

• Grantham Journal
• Grimsby Daily Telegraph
• Lincolnshire Chronicle
• Lincolnshire Echo
• Lincolnshire Free Press
• Louth and North Lincolnshire Advertiser
• Stamford Mercury