NETTLESTEAD, a parish in the hundred of BOSMERE-and-CLAYDON,
county of SUFFOLK, 4 miles (S.)
from Needham, containing 85 inhabitants. The living
is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Suffolk,
and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at
£8. 11. 10., endowed with £200 royal bounty. L. H.
Moore, Esq. was patron in 1815. The church, which
is dedicated to St. Mary, contains several handsome
mural monuments. There are some remains of the
splendid mansion of the Wentworths, who were Barons
of Nettlestead.