Nettleden, Buckinghamshire
Historical Description
Nettleden, a parish in Bucks, contiguous to Herts, 2½ miles NE of Berkhampstead station on the main line of the L. & N.W.R. Its post town is Hemel Hempstead; money order and telegraph office, Little Gaddesden. Acreage, 804; population, 115. Straw-plait is made here. The property belongs to Earl Brownlow, who is lord of the manor. In 1894 Nettleden was united to Potter End (1 mile distant, in Herts) as one living, a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford; joint value, £190 with residence. Patron, Earl Brownlow. The church, a building of stone in the Perpendicular style, was built in 1470, and was partly rebuilt by the late Duke of Bridgwater; it contains a brass of the 16th century and some ancient monuments.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Buckinghamshire | |
Civil parish | Ivinghoe | |
Hundred | Cottesloe | |
Poor Law union | Berkhampstead |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
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 Nettleden from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Nettleden)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Buckinghamshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Nettleden 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 Buckinghamshire papers online:
Visitations Heraldic
A full transcript of the Visitation of Buckinghamshire, 1634 is online