Nettleham

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Nettleham is a village in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England with around 3,500 inhabitants. It is located 4 miles north-east of the city of Lincoln. Nettleham has won the Best Kept Village Award several times and the centre of the village is a conservation area.

1 Village amenities
2 History
3 Local government
4 Location information
5 Nearby Villages
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] Village amenities

Nettleham is not wholly dependent on Lincoln, although many of its residents commute daily to the city. Nettleham has:

A medical practice, located on Lodge Lane
A tennis club
Two playing fields: Bill Bailey's and Mulsanne Park
Infants' and junior schools
A dozen or so shops, the largest of which is a branch of the Co-op
A chip shop and a Chinese takeaway
Four pubs: the Black Horse, the Brown Cow, the Plough and the White Hart

[edit] History

The now-demolished manor house at Nettleham was the property of Edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor and later Empress Matilda, daughter of Henry I of England, before passing into the possession of the Bishops of Lincoln, who enlarged it to create a Bishop's Palace appropriate to one of the country's most important Sees. On 7 February 1301 King Edward I of England was staying in the Bishop's Palace when he created his son Edward (later Edward II of England) as the first Prince of Wales. The building was damaged during the Lincolnshire Rising of 1536 and completely demolished by 1650, only traces of foundations remaining on the site now called Bishop's Palace Field.

The parish church of All Saints dates from the Saxon period, with medieval and 19th century additions.

[edit] Local government

The Member of Parliament for the Nettleham area is Edward Leigh.

[edit] Location information

Nettleham postcodes begin with LN2
Nettleham telephone numbers begin with 01522, except the two properties on the extreme border of the village with *Scothern, which share the 01673 STD code.
The Ordnance Survey grid reference for the village green is TF 008 754 GB