Nettlestead, Kent

For Nettlestead in Suffolk, see Nettlestead, Suffolk.

Coordinates: 51°14′41″N 0°24′40″E / 51.244600°N 0.411210°E / 51.244600; 0.411210

Nettlestead
Nettlestead  Nettlestead shown within Kent
District	Maidstone
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
EU Parliament	South East England
List of places: UK • England • Kent

Nettlestead is a village and civil parish on the road south-west of, and part of the borough of Maidstone. 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.

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

External links

• notes on the village

External links

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