Nettlecombe, Isle of Wight

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Nettlecombe is a farming hamlet on the Isle of Wight. It is the site of a deserted medieval village, [1] and there is evidence of earthworks close to the present hamlet. [2] There are several fishing lakes in Nettlecombe. [3]

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It lies along Nettlecombe Lane, about half a mile north-east of Whitwell. Until 1952, the Isle of Wight Central Railway had a station on Nettlecombe Lane.

Name

The name means 'the valley where nettles grow', from Old English netele and cumb. There are places with the same name in Dorset and Somerset.

~1200: Netelcumba

1253: Netelcumbe

1271: Ntelcumbe

1351: Netelcombe

1417: Netylcombe [4]

References

  1. ↑ A Proposal in MAP2 Format: The Isle of Wight Medieval Landscape Project Archived 2011-10-02 at the Wayback Machine , Mr T. J. T. Sly, University of Southampton Archaeology Department.
  2. ↑ Medieval Resource Assessment for the Isle of Wight, Oxford Archaeology.
  3. ↑ Whitwell – Ventnor Archived 2007-10-09 at the Wayback Machine , Creeks & Coombs, Isle of Wight Walking Holidays website.
  4. ↑ Mills, A.D (1996). The Place-Names of the Isle of Wight. Shaun Tyas.

50°36′07″N1°15′29″W / 50.602°N 1.258°W / 50.602; -1.258


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