Nettleton, Wiltshire

Description
Nettleton, a village and a parish in Wilts. The village stands half a mile SE of the boundary with Gloucestershire, 1 1/2 WNW of Akeman Street, and 7 miles NW by W of Chippenham station on the G.W.R. Post town, Burton; money order office, Acton Turville; telegraph office, Badminton. Acreage, 1971; population, 379. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. A large barrow, with three stones of a cromlech, is in this parish. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. The church is ancient and has a tower.