Nettlebed

Nettlebed
Historic pottery kiln
Nettlebed
Nettlebed shown within Oxfordshire
Area	6.13 km2 (2.37 sq mi)
Population	727 (2011 Census)
• Density	119/km2 (310/sq mi)
OS grid reference	SU7086
Civil parish	Nettlebed
District	South Oxfordshire
Shire county	Oxfordshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Henley-on-Thames
Postcode district	RG9
Dialling code	01491
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Oxfordshire
Ambulance	South Central
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Henley
Website	Nettlebed Parish Council
List of places UK England Oxfordshire 51°34′41″N 0°59′24″W / 51.578°N 0.990°W / 51.578; -0.990Coordinates: 51°34′41″N 0°59′24″W / 51.578°N 0.990°W / 51.578; -0.990

Nettlebed is a village and civil parish in the Chiltern Hills about 4.5 miles (7 km) northwest of Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire and 6 miles (10 km) southeast of Wallingford. The 2011 Census recorded a parish population of 727.

Archaeological finds show that the area around Nettlebed has been inhabited since Palaeolithic times.

The site was frequently travelled through since ancient times, being a pass through the Chiltern Hills used by the road between Oxford and Henley. The road between Henley and Wallingford was made into a turnpike in 1736 and ceased to be a turnpike in 1873. It is now classified the A4130.

The Church of England parish of Saint Bartholomew was originally a chapelry of the adjacent parish of Benson. There is a record of the Empress Matilda giving the benefice of Benson, including chapels at Nettlebed and Warborough, to the Augustinian Abbey at nearby Dorchester, Oxfordshire in about AD 1140. The Mediaeval church building was replaced in 1845–46 by the present building, designed by a member of the Hakewill family of architects. The bell tower has a ring of six bells, all cast by Charles and George Mears of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in 1846.

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