Nettlecombe, Isle of Wight

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]

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.
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