Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Nesebit c.1160 Spec

• Nesebite 1198×1204 GD c.1220 FPD 1233×44 Spec 1242×3 Ass

• Nesebita early13th Spec

• Nesebyt early13th Spec 15th

• Nesebet 1382 Hatf 1521×2,1538 IPM

• Nesebid 1382 Hatf

• Nesebett 1410 Lang 1537×8,1563 IPM

• Nesebeth 1539 ib

• Necebett 1588 ib

• Nesbitt 1311 RPD 1399 Spec 1632×3 IPM

• Nesbyt' 1324(p)etfreqto1348(p) Spec

• Nesbyt c.1325(p)etfreqto1431 Spec 1343 Wills 1350 Rot

• Nesbytt c.1325(p),1345(p) Spec 1596 Wills

• Nesbith 1329 Spec

• Nesbet 1382 Hatf 1460etfreqto1539 IPM

• Nesbytt' 1384 Spec

• Nesbit 1397(p),1399(p) ib

• Nesbite 14th Cler 15th

• Nesbett 1410×19 Lang 1485 Spec 1698 Eldon 1700 GD

• Nesbeth 1498,1530×31 IPM

Etymology

'Nose-shaped piece of land', OE  *nesu + bite. The estate lies in a triangular piece of land tapering to a point between Crimdon Beck and a small affluent.