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'''Nettleham''' is a
The population of the civil parish was 3,437 at the 2011 census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11126855&c=Nettleham&d=16&e=62&g=6447772&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1464173821922&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=25 May 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref>
==History==
The now-demolished Bishop's Manor House at Nettleham was the property of [[Edith of Wessex]], wife of [[Edward the Confessor]] and later [[Empress Matilda]], daughter of [[Henry I of England|King Henry I]], before passing into the possession of the Bishops of Lincoln, who enlarged it to create a Bishop's Palace appropriate to one of the country's most important Sees. On 7 February 1301 [[Edward I of England|King Edward I]] was staying in the Bishop's Palace when he created his son Edward (later [[Edward II of England|King Edward II]]) as the first [[Prince of Wales]]. The building was damaged during the [[Lincolnshire Rising]] of 1536 and completely demolished by 1650, only traces of foundations remaining on the site now called Bishop's Palace Field.<ref>
The [[parish church]] of
[[File:Gardiner grave.jpg|thumb|left|Thomas Gardiner's grave in Nettleham churchyard]]
Within the church's graveyard is a headstone in memory of Thomas Gardiner, a post-boy murdered hereabouts by two [[Highway robbery|highway robbers]] in January 1733. The inscription declares he was 'barbarously murdered' aged 19. The robbers - two brothers by the name of Hallam - committed another murder near [[Faldingworth]] before being arrested. They were convicted of murder at Lincoln and executed at the site of their crimes. (Thomas Gardiner's headstone declares he was killed on 3 January 1732 since at the time Britain used the [[Julian Calendar]].)<ref>Urban, Sylvanus. ''[[The Gentleman's Magazine|The Gentleman's Magazine: Or, Monthly Intelligencer]]. For the Year 1733. Volume III''. p.43, 99, 154</ref><ref>Codd, Daniel (2013). ''Tales from the Gibbet Post (The Jeering of Horns in Lincoln)''.
The [[Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts|Royal Society for Nature Conservation]] (RSNC) had been based in Nettleham but moved to [[Newark-on-Trent]] in 1999. The site became the home of the WATCH Trust for Environmental Conservation, but this also moved to Newark a few years
==Governance==
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==Geography==
The parish boundary meets [[Greetwell, West Lindsey|Greetwell]] on the [[A158 road|A158]] [[Horncastle, Lincolnshire|Horncastle]]/[[Wragby]] road. It follows the A15 Wragby Road into Lincoln for about {{convert|110|yd|m|1}} where it meets Lincoln, and skirts the
==Community==
Nettleham has won the "Best Kept Village Award" several times,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/Nettleham/section.asp?docId=52185|title=Nettleham Parish Council |author= Nettleham Parish Council |publisher=|accessdate=2011-10-21}}</ref> and the centre of the village is a [[conservation area]]. Large modern housing estates surround the old village centre. Nettleham is also the location of the [[Lincolnshire Police]] headquarters to the west of the village near the A46. It was opened by the Queen in 1980.
Village [[public houses]] are the Black Horse on Chapel Lane, the Plough on
The parish includes an [[East Midlands Oil Province#Nettleham|oil well]] owned by Star Energy, north of the A158 bypass, which has been producing since 1985.
==Sport==
[[Nettleham F.C.]] have been members of the Lincolnshire League since their relegation from the [[Central Midlands League]]. They have twice played [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] football club in friendlies.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} Nettleham Cricket Club play in the Lincolnshire ECB League. Both teams play their home fixtures at Mulsanne Park, Nettleham. The village also has a tennis club and has been the new home of Lincoln Rugby Football Club since 2014.
==Twinning==
* {{flagicon|France}} [[Mulsanne]], [[Pays de la Loire]], north-west France. The sports pitch is called
==Notable people==
*[[Grace Mary Crowfoot]] née Hood, a pioneer in the study of archaeological textiles. Daughter of Sinclair Frankland Hood of Nettleham Hall.
*[[Henry Holbeach]] – served as the last Prior and first [[Dean of Worcester]]; buried here
* [[Allison Pearson]], ''[[The Daily Telegraph|Telegraph]]'' columnist, grew up on Washdyke Lane, in the 1970s
==References==
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==External links==
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