Nettlestead, Kent

For Nettlestead in Suffolk, see Nettlestead, Suffolk.

Nettlestead
St. Mary the Virgin, Nettlestead
Nettlestead Nettlestead shown within Kent
OS grid reference	TQ6852
District	Maidstone
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Postcode district	ME18
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
EU Parliament	South East England
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Coordinates: 51°14′41″N 0°24′40″E / 51.244600°N 0.411210°E / 51.244600; 0.411210

Nettlestead is a village and civil parish on the road south-west of, and part of the borough of Maidstone. The parish includes Nettlestead Green and part of Seven Mile Lane. 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.^[1]

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 farther south. Both villages are close to the River Medway.

Notable residents

Reynold Pympe, MP

References

↑ "History of the village of Nettlestead". Nettlestead Parish Council. Kent County Council. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

External links

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Media related to Nettlestead, Kent at Wikimedia Commons

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Towns and villages in the Maidstone borough of Kent, England

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