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Lincolnshire Towns & Parishes

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Nettleton

Census

• The parish was in the Caistor sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
  
  
• Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
  
  
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist.
  
  
• Some portions of the church tower may date to Saxon times.
  
  
• The church was rebuilt in 1805 and again in 1874.
  
  
• The church seats 220.
  
  
• A photograph of St. John the Baptist church is at the Wendy Parkinson English Church Photographs site.
  
  
• Here is a photo of St. John's Church, taken by Ron Cole (who retains the copyright):
  
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1679.
  
  
• The Lincolnshire FHS has published several marriage indexes and a burial index for the Westwold Deanery to make your search easier.
  
  
• The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel prior to 1871 and the Primitive Methodists built a chapel here, built in 1858. For information and assistance in researching these chapels, see our non-conformist religions page.
  
  
• Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• The parish was in the Caistor sub-district of the Caistor Registration District.
  
  
• Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration which began in July, 1837.
  
  

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Description and Travel

Nettleton is both a village and a parish on the Wold Hills. It sits only a mile south of Caistor and 9 miles southeast of Brigg. Rothwell parish sits to the east. The parish covers about 3,600 acres.

If you are planning a visit:

• The village of Nettleton sits in a valley below Nettleton Hill in the Wold hills.
  
  
• The village sits at the foot of Nettleton Hill. Visit our touring page for more sources.
  
  

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Maps

• The national grid reference is TA 1000.
  
  
• You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
  
  
• See our Maps page for additional resources.
  
  

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Politics and Governance

• For governance, the parish was in the ancient Yarborough Wapentake in the West Lindsey district in the parts of Lindsey.
  
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• The Common Lands were enclosed here in 1792.
  
  
• After the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Caistor Poor Law Union.
  
  

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Population

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Schools

• A school for boys and girls was built here in 1835 to hold 120 children.
  
  
• The parish formed a School Board in January, 1880.
  
  
• For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
  
  

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