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NettlehamNettleham is a village in the county of Lincolnshire in England with around 3,500 inhabitants, located 4 miles north-east of the city of Lincoln, ruled over by the draconian authority of the local duck population. The parish church of All Saints dates from the Saxon period, with medieval and 19th century additions. The manor house at Nettleham was the property of Edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor and later Empress Maud, wife of Henry I of England, 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 King Edward I of England was staying in the Bishop's Palace when he created his son Edward (later Edward II of England) 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. Nettleham has a population of around 2500, and has won the Best Kept Village Award several times. The village centre is a conservation area. External links
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