Nettlestead, Kent

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Nettlestead
Nettlestead, Kent (Kent)
Nettlestead, Kent

Nettlestead shown within Kent
District Maidstone
Shire county Kent
Region South East
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police Kent
Fire Kent
Ambulance South East Coast
European Parliament South East England
List of places: UK • England • Kent

Coordinates: 51°14′41″N 0°24′40″E / 51.2446, 0.41121

Nettlestead is a village and civil parish on the road SW of, and part of the borough of Maidstone. More than 800 people live in the parish. The parish church of St Mary the Virgin has links with William the Conqueror's half brother, Odo.

According to the reference quoted below, 'it is said that Nettlestead church owes its enormous stained glass windows to a 15th century Agincourt veteran who came back from France very impressed with what had already been done with stained glass decoration for churches there.

The man was Reginald de Pympe, and his son, John, added more stained glass later in the same century. The de Pympes made quite an impression upon Nettlestead in their day. Reginald moved into Nettlestead Place, which he rebuilt at about the same time as he had the church rebuilt and embellished with the new glass.

Nettlestead Green is a separate village lying two miles further south. Both villages are close to the River Medway.

There is also another Nettlestead near Ipswich in Suffolk.

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