Nettlestead (St. Mary)
NETTLESTEAD (St. Mary), a parish, in the union and hundred of Bosmere and Claydon, E. division of Suffolk, 6 miles (N. W. by W.) from Ipswich; containing 98 inhabitants, and comprising 1015a. 31p. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £8. 11. 10½., and in the gift of the family of Jackson: the tithes have been commuted for £193. 10., and the glebe comprises 2 acres. The Hall, formerly in the possession of the Wentworths, and before them of the Tiptofts and Despensers, is situated near the church: the gateway is still in good preservation, and on the spandrils of the arch are two shields sculptured with the Wentworth arms and numerous other quarterings; the mansion itself, however, has been modernised.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.