Nettlecombe is a farming hamlet on the Isle of Wight. It is the site of a deserted medieval village,A Proposal in MAP2 Format: The Isle of Wight Medieval Landscape Project , Mr T. J. T. Sly, University of Southampton Archaeology Department. and there is evidence of earthworks close to the present hamlet.Medieval Resource Assessment for the Isle of Wight, Oxford Archaeology. There are several fishing lakes in Nettlecombe.Whitwell – Ventnor , Creeks & Coombs, Isle of Wight Walking Holidays website.
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
References
External links
Map of Nettlecombe