Marden

Other current and historical names

Merdon
Merton
Meresdene

Parish/Community: Marden
Unitary Authority: Wiltshire
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°19'15"N 1°52'32"W
Eastings/Northings: 408755, 157986
OS Grid: SU087579
Mapcode Local: GBR 3WX.0L7
Mapcode Global: VHB4Q.F2Q7

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Marden within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Marden in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Marden (or Merton), par. and vil., Wilts, on river Avon, 6 miles SE. of Devizes, 1278 ac., pop. 203; P.O.

Marden in the Domesday Book

A village in Swanborough hundred, in the county of Wiltshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wynsi
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh son of Baldric
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter of Rivers (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 10 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1070; £10 in 1086
- Households: 9 villagers; 2 smallholders; 4 slaves; 14 other households
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 24 acres
- Pasture: 3 furlongs
- Mills: 1, value 7/4¾

British Place Names

Marden, Wiltshire

Marden is a village in Wiltshire

Marden in historic gazetteers

Marden in the Domesday Book