Nelson
Early-attested site in the Parish of Hart
Historical Forms
- Nelestune c.1196 Finc 22, Spec
- Nelestone 1235 Ass
- Neleston' c.1200×1250 Spec 15th
- Neleston 1355 Finc
- Neellestone 1235×6 Ass
- Neliston c.1215×45 Finc 1344 IPM
- Nelyston 1422×3 Finc
- Nelleston early13th Guis
- Nelston 14th Ct 1351,1354×5 Finc 1649 Comps
- Nelston alias Nelson alias Nelstone Grange 1609 IPM
- Neylson 1516×7 Finc
- Nelson Farm, High Nelston 1770 BakerBaker
Etymology
'Niel's estate', ME pers.n. Nel , Neel , Niel (ultimately from OIr Níall , ON Njáll ) + tūn. The pers.n. is from Niel or Nigellus, the dapifer ('cupbearer') of Robert Brus II d. c.1194, whose family held the whole of Hart and Hartness (VCH III259).

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Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- The Laurels
- Pudding St
- Todds Court
- Fox Hill
- Glebe Farm
- Hart Moor Ho
- Hart Windmill
- Manor Farm
- Middlethorpe
- St Mary Magdalen's Fm
- Short Cake Hill
- High Springwell
- Thorpe Bulmer Dene
- Whelly Hill, Whelly Hill Ho
- Bogle Beck
- Dalton Beck, Dalton Field Ho, Dalton Nook Plantation
- Dalton Piercy Crag
- Dixon's Plantation
- The Green
- The Grove
- Hart on Hill
- Horse Close Plantation
- Three Gates
- Raby St
- William St
- Red Lion Inn
- Cemetery junction N, Cemetery junction S, Cemetery junction W
- Coast Rd
- Hart Rd, Hart Station, Hart Warren
- Middleton
- Middle Warren
- North Sands
- Old Harbour
- Old Pier
- Parton Rocks
- Redheugh Gdns
- The Slake
- Springwell Ho
- George St
- Hardwicke St
- Henrietta St
- Henry St
- Holy Trinity Church
- John St
- Millbank Crescent
- Sussex St
- The Howls
- Woodside
- Cemetery Battery
- South Terrace
- Belly Well