Marksbury

Other current and historical names

Mercesberie
Mercesberia

Parish/Community: Marksbury
Unitary Authority: Bath and North East Somerset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°21'34"N 2°28'53"W
Eastings/Northings: 366569, 162401
OS Grid: ST665624
Mapcode Local: GBR JW.TNHD
Mapcode Global: VH898.X2ZZ

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

Marksbury in historic gazetteers

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

Marksbury, par. and vil., Somerset, 5½ miles SW. of Bath, 1277 ac., pop. 230; P.O.

Marksbury in the Domesday Book

A village in Keynsham hundred, in the county of Somerset.

- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Glastonbury St Mary
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Oswald of Durborough; Abbey of Glastonbury St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Glastonbury
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Glastonbury; 1 thane (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 10 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £11 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 5 smallholders; 5 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 19 acres
- Woodland: 40 acres
- Animals in 1086: 29 pigs; 1 cob

British Place Names

Marksbury, Bath and North East Somerset

Marksbury is a village in Bath and North East Somerset

Marksbury in historic gazetteers

Marksbury in the Domesday Book