Nettleham is a village and

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within the

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, England, north-east of Lincoln between the A46 and A158. The population of the civil parish was 3,437 at the 2011 census.

History

The now-demolished Bishop's Manor House at Nettleham was the property of

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, wife of

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and later

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, daughter of King Henry I, 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

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was staying in the Bishop's Palace when he created his son Edward (later

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) as the first

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. 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

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of All Saints dates from the

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period, with medieval and 19th century additions. It is now in the benefice of Nettleham with Riseholme and Grange de Lings. Gardiner grave

Within the church's graveyard is a headstone in memory of Thomas Gardiner, a post-boy murdered hereabouts by two highway robbers in January 1733. The inscription declares he was 'barbarously murdered' aged 19. The robbers - two brothers by the name of Hallam - committed another murder near Faldingworth before being arrested. They were convicted of murder at Lincoln and executed at the site of their crimes. (Thomas Gardiner's headstone declares he was killed on 3 January 1732 since at the time Britain used the

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.) The Royal Society for Nature Conservation (RSNC) had been based in Nettleham but moved to

Newark-on-Trent Newark-on-Trent () or Newark is a market town and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district in Nottinghamshire, England. It is on the River Trent, and was historically a major inland port. The A1 road (Great Britain), A1 road bypasses th ...

in 1999. The site became the home of the WATCH Trust for Environmental Conservation, but this also moved to Newark a few years later.

Governance

Since April 1974 Nettleham has formed part of the

district of

. It forms part of the Gainsborough parliamentary constituency which is represented by Sir

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Geography

The parish boundary meets Greetwell on the A158

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/ Wragby road. It follows the A15 Wragby Road into Lincoln for about where it meets Lincoln, and skirts the edge of the housing estate (Glebe Park) next to the bypass; the Lincoln bypass (A158) from the A46 to the A158 is in the parish. The boundary crosses Nettleham Road (B1182, former A46), south of the bypass roundabout, and follows south of the A46 bypass for about and meets Riseholme (south of the bypass). The bypass passes northwards skirting, the edge of the

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's Riseholme College. 550 yards north of Nettleham Hall, it meets Grange de Lings, and borders this parish along a farm track until the A46, where it meets Scothern just north of Nettleham Heath Farm. It crosses Scothern Beck north of Skelton House Farm, passes south, and at Nettleham Beck it meets

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, crossing Sudbrooke Lane east of Richmond Farm. North of Manor Farm, it meets Reepham on the A158

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and follows the A158 to North Greetwell, where it meets Greetwell.

Community

Nettleham has won the "Best Kept Village Award" several times, and the centre of the village is a

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. Large modern housing estates surround the old village centre. Nettleham is also the location of the Lincolnshire Police headquarters to the west of the village near the A46. It was opened by the Queen in 1980. Village

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are the Black Horse on Chapel Lane, the Plough on Church Street, and the White Hart on High Street. The parish includes an

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owned by Star Energy, north of the A158 bypass, which has been producing since 1985.

Sport

Nettleham F.C. have been members of the Lincolnshire League since their relegation from the Central Midlands League. They have twice played

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football club in friendlies. Nettleham Cricket Club play in the Lincolnshire ECB League. Both teams play their home fixtures at Mulsanne Park, Nettleham. The village also has a tennis club and has been the new home of Lincoln Rugby Football Club since 2014.

Twinning

* Mulsanne,

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, north-west France. The sports pitch is called Mulsanne Park.

Notable people

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née Hood, a pioneer in the study of archaeological textiles. Daughter of Sinclair Frankland Hood of Nettleham Hall. * Henry Holbeach – served as the last Prior and first Dean of Worcester; buried here * Allison Pearson, ''

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'' columnist, grew up on Washdyke Lane, in the 1970s

References

External links

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Village website
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