How did this town get it's name?

"Nuneaton's name came from a 12th century Benedictine nunnery (parts of which still survive) around which much of the town grew. Prior to this it was a settlement known as 'Etone', which translates literally as 'water-town'. Nuneaton was listed in the Domesday Book as a small hamlet. The first recorded use of the modern name was in 1247 when a document recorded it as 'Nonne Eton".

It was named after the copious amount of sprouts still on my Christmas plate last year after I'd had my pudding

I was pretty much right then.

"I was pretty much right then."

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You were half right... and half VERY wrong.

I think water-town is a euphamism.