Nettleton, Lincolnshire
| Nettleton | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 Nettleton village | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TA108001 |
| Location: | 53°29’10"N, 0°19’49"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 579 (2001) |
| Post town: | Market Rasen |
| Postcode: | LN7 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | West Lindsey |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Gainsborough |
Nettleton is a village in Lindsey, the northern part of Lincolnshire. It is situated less than a mile south-west of the town of Caistor. According to the 2001 census the village had a population of 579.
Nettleton has a village shop, a primary school, and a Methodist Church. The village public house is the Salutation Inn. Nearby is the Woodland Trust's Nettleton Wood, and a caravan park.
Traditions
On Boxing Day, shoemakers would traditionally 'beat the lapstone' at the house of any 'water drinker' (teetotaller), as a mocking act and practical joke. The tradition derives from an 18th-century story in which a Nettleton resident, Thomas Stickler, who had declined alcohol for twenty years, became inebriated after drinking half a pint of ale at his shoemaker on Christmas Day. When questioned by his wife, he replied that he was not drunk but had simply fallen "over the lapstone".
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