Nettleton, Lincolnshire

Coordinates: 53°29′10″N 0°19′49″W / 53.486115°N 0.330182°W / 53.486115; -0.330182

Nettleton
Nettleton village
Nettleton  Nettleton shown within Lincolnshire
Population	579 (2001)
OS grid reference	TA108001
District	West Lindsey
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Postcode district	LN7 6
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Gainsborough
List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire

Nettleton is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, close to the town of Caistor. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 579.^{[citation needed]}

In the village is a post office and village shop, a primary school, a Methodist Church and several public houses. Nettleton's only public house is the Salutation Inn, just a short walk from the Roman Town of Caistor.^{[clarification needed]}

Nearby is the Woodland Trust's Nettleton Wood, and a caravan park.

On Boxing Day, shoemakers would traditionally "beat the lapstone" at the house of any "water drinkers" (i.e. teetotaller), to mock them. This refers to a story from the 18th century in which a Nettleton resident called Thomas Stickler, who had stayed off alcohol for twenty years, got tipsy after half a pint of ale at his shoemaker's on Christmas Day. When questioned by his wife, he replied that he was not drunk but had simply fallen "over the lapstone". Hence, the day after every Christmas, shoemakers would carry out the above practical joke.^{[citation needed]}

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