Nettlecombe (St. Mary)
NETTLECOMBE (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Williton, hundred of Williton and Freemanners, W. division of Somerset, 7 miles (N. by W.) from Wiveliscombe; containing 338 inhabitants. It comprises by measurement 2816 acres, of which 1460 are arable, 350 meadow and pasture, 100 woodland, and the remainder uninclosed; the surface is finely undulated, and embellished with stately oak, elm, and Spanish chesnut of luxuriant growth. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £16. 6. 3., and in the gift of Sir W. Trevelyan, Bart.: the tithes have been commuted for £468, and the glebe comprises 60 acres. The church is a small handsome edifice, in the later English style. A school is supported.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.