Meesden

Other current and historical names

Mesdone

Parish/Community: Meesden
District/Borough: East Hertfordshire
County: Hertfordshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°58'35"N 0°5'31"E
Eastings/Northings: 543796, 232946
OS Grid: TL437329
Mapcode Local: GBR LB5.03L
Mapcode Global: VHHL7.KL27

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

Meesden in historic gazetteers

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

Meesden, par. and vil., Herts, 5½ miles NE. of Buntingford, 1009 ac., pop. 189.

Meesden in the Domesday Book

A village in Edwinstree hundred, in the county of Hertfordshire.

- Overlord in 1066: Archbishop Stigand
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alward the noble
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of London
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Payne the steward (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £1 in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 1 cottager; 1 slave; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 3 ploughs
- Woodland: 400 pigs

British Place Names

Meesden, Hertfordshire

Meesden is a village in Hertfordshire

Meesden in historic gazetteers

Meesden in the Domesday Book