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Nettleton (St. Mary)

NETTLETON (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Chippenham, N. division of the hundred of Damerham, Chippenham and Calne, and N. divisions of Wilts, 8½ miles (N. W. by W.) from Chippenham; containing 536 inhabitants. It comprises by measurement 1940 acres, of which 1200 are arable, 600 pasture and meadow, and 40 in woods and plantations. There are some quarries of stone for repairing roads. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £18. 12. 1., and in the gift of Joseph Neeld, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £440, and the glebe comprises 13 acres. Here are places of worship for Baptists and Wesleyans. The old Roman Fosse-road passes through the parish; on it is a barrow, upon which are three stones of a cromlech.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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