Nettlestead is on the B2015 road SW of, and part of the borough of Maidstone. More than 800 people live here. The parish church of St Mary the Virgin has links with William the Conqueror's half brother, Odo.
According to the reference quoted below, 'it is said that Nettlestead church owes its enormous stained glass windows to a 15th century Agincourt veteran who came back from France very impressed with what had already been done with stained glass decoration for churches there.
The man was Reginald de Pympe, and his son, John, added more stained glass later in the same century. The de Pympes made quite an impression upon Nettlestead in their day. Reginald moved into Nettlestead Place, which he rebuilt at about the same time as he had the church rebuilt and embellished with the new glass.
Nettlestead Green is a separate village lying two miles further south. Both villages are close to the River Medway.
There is also another Nettlestead near Ipswich in Suffolk.