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Nettlestone
Sign in to saveNettlestone is a village on the Isle of Wight, England, about south east from Ryde. It is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as having been in existence in 1066. Together with Seaview, it forms the civil parish of Nettlestone and Seaview.
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- Nettlestone and Seaview
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Nettlestone is a village on the Isle of Wight, England, about south east from Ryde. It is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as having been in existence in 1066. Together with Seaview, it forms the civil parish of Nettlestone and Seaview.
== Name == The name means 'the farmstead in or near the nut-tree pasture or wood', from Old English hnutu, lǣs or lēah (genitive case lēas) and tūn. By the 14th century, the first part of the name had evolved into nettle.
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