Nettlecombe, Isle of Wight explained

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.

References

  1. http://www.wac.soton.ac.uk/Research/IOW/Proposal.pdf A Proposal in MAP2 Format: The Isle of Wight Medieval Landscape Project
  2. http://thehumanjourney.net/pdf_store/sthames/Isle%20of%20Wight%20med.pdf Medieval Resource Assessment for the Isle of Wight
  3. http://www.wight-walks.co.uk/wwcc.html Whitwell – Ventnor

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