Nettlestead, Kent

Nettlestead
Nettlestead
	St. Mary the Virgin, Nettlestead
	Nettlestead Location within Kent
Population	870 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference	TQ6852
District	Maidstone;
Shire county	Kent;
Region	South East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Maidstone
Postcode district	ME18
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Weald of Kent;
	List of places UK England Kent 51°14′41″N 0°24′40″E / 51.244600°N 0.411210°E

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.^[3]

Reginald de Pympe, Member of Parliament for Kent in 1411 and 1422, moved into Nettlestead Place, which he rebuilt.^[4] He, and his son John, also added new stained glass windows to the parish church.^[5]

Nettlestead Green is a separate village lying two miles farther south. Both villages are close to the River Medway. Wateringbury is immediately to the north.

Notable residents

^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
^ "Location of Weald of Kent". parliament.uk. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
^ "History of the village of Nettlestead". Nettlestead Parish Council. Kent County Council. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^ "Pyme, Reynold (c.1371-1426), of Nettlestead and Pympe's Court in East Farleigh, Kent". History of Parliament online. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
^ Historic England. "Church of St Mary (1060645)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 February 2025.

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