NETTLESTEAD, a parish in the hundred of TWYFORD,
lathe of AYLESFORD, county of KENT, 5 miles
(W.S.W.) from Maidstone, containing 255 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, united to that of West Barming,
in the archdeaconry and diocese of Rochester, rated in
the king's books at £12. 10. 10. Mrs. Bouverie was
patroness in 1820. The church, dedicated to St. Mary,
is in the later style of English architecture, and the
windows exhibit some fine specimens of stained glass
of the time of Edward I. The navigable river Medway
is crossed by Brand bridge on the south of the
parish.