Description
Nettleton, a village and a parish in Lincolnshire. the village stands very pleasantly in a valley, at the foot of a bold projection of the Wolds, called Nettleton Hill, 1 mile SSW of Caistor, and 2 miles ENE of Holton and Moortown stations on the Hull and Lincoln branch of the M.S. & L.R. It has a post office under Caistor; money order and telegraph office, Caistor. The parish comprises 3602 acres; population, 446. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. The manor belongs to the Richardson family. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln; gross value, £270 with residence. The church was rebuilt, with the exception of the tower, in 1873. There are Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan chapels.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
