Nuneaton is famous for the novelist , George Eliot , who was born on a farm outside Nuneaton in 1819 and lived in Nuneaton during her early life . ) Nuneaton is most famous for its associations with the 19th century author George Eliot , who was born on a farm on the Arbury Estate just outside Nuneaton in 1819 and lived in the town for much of her early life .