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