Nestled in a valley at the foot of the Lincolnshire Wolds, on the Viking Way is the village of Nettleton. St John the Baptist Church is a Grade II ironstone church dating from Medieval times with a Saxon-Norman tower. Interior contains a Victorian reredos depicting 'The Last Supper’, a church clock built by James Harrison of Hull the grandson of the inventor of the chronometer and a bell cast by John Brede of London c1480.
The church of St John the Baptist was rebuilt in 1874 and consists of a nave, chancel, south porch and a tower. There are three bells in the tower which is of an early date and has a doorway that is said to be late Saxon. The tower is suffering from extreme weathering of the ironstone used in its construction. The church clock was made by the son of James Harrison of Barton upon Humber in 1837. James' famous brother John made marine chronometers as described in the book 'Longitude'. It was given to the Parish of Nettleton by Sir Culling-Eardly so the Parish Council is responsible for its upkeep. There are three bells in the tower dated 1480, 1617 and 1672, unfortunately they are not in a ringable condition. Recently extensive work was carried out by the Parochial Church Council to improve the safety of access to the top of the tower. The parish register dates from 1679 and the list of 220 rectors goes back to 1257.
For all general Services please consult the small notice board outside the Church.
Hope you enjoy your visit to this quaint church.
This church holds special memories for our family as it's where P and S married in 2006 and where M and H were christened in 2008 and 2011 respectively. Whilst you're here, why not take a walk to find our Nettleton Valley Heritage Loop Adventure Lab cache series starting 175m up the road, enjoy your trail!
Now for the puzzle before you can find the cache: https://www.jigidi.com/s/FE5X32 or Nettleton Church
The final cache is a nano. Stealth will be required due to its location. Please replace exactly where found to avoid being muggled, thank you!
If you would like to add to the Church Micro series yourself then please look here
http://churchmicro.co.uk/
There is also a Church Micro Stats & Information page that can be found at
http://www.15ddv.me.uk/geo/cm/index.html