Nettlestead, Suffolk

Nettlestead
St Mary, Nettlestead
Nettlestead Location within Suffolk
Population	90 [1] 870 (2011 Census)[2]
District	Mid Suffolk
Shire county	Suffolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Ipswich
Postcode district	IP8
Police	Suffolk
Fire	Suffolk
Ambulance	East of England
List of places UK England Suffolk 52°06′23″N 1°03′07″E / 52.106373°N 1.0518962°E / 52.106373; 1.0518962

Nettlestead is a dispersed village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England.The surrounding villages of Nettlestead include Somersham (the closest), Little Blakenham, Baylham, Barking, Willisham and Offton.

In Nettlestead there are two manors:

The originalthe manor belonged to the Earls of Richmond; passed to Peter II, Count of Savoy, Robert de Tiptoft, the Despencers and the Wentworths; and gave to the last the title of Baron. Nettlestead Hall (the Chace) was the Manor-house which retains an ancient gateway, bearing the arms of the Wentworths. From the 13th to the 16th centuries the Nettlestead families were patrons of the house of friars minor at Ipswich.

High Hall dates back to the 16th Century and was built by Huguenots who had fled from France during series of religious persecutions.

Located to the north-west of Ipswich and 11 miles from Stowmarket, in 2005 its population was 90.^[1]

• John Bois (1560–1643), scholar, and member of the translating committee for the 1611 King James Version of the Bible.

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