Meppershall

Other current and historical names

Meppershal
Mepshall
Maperteshale
Malpertesselle

Built-Up Area: Meppershall
Parish/Community: Meppershall
Unitary Authority: Central Bedfordshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°1'1"N 0°20'23"W
Eastings/Northings: 514022, 236711
OS Grid: TL140367
Mapcode Local: GBR H50.JVZ
Mapcode Global: VHGNC.2K5K

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

Meppershall in historic gazetteers

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

Meppershall (or Mepshall), par. and vil., Bedfordshire, 2 miles S. of Shefford, 1949 ac., pop. 778.

Meppershall in the Domesday Book

A village in Clifton hundred, in the county of Bedfordshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Freemen, four; Leofwin the noble of Caddington
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert son of Solomon
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert son of Solomon
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £6 in 1070; £6 in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 4 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (7 plough lands)
- Meadow: 7 ploughs
- Woodland: 200 pigs
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofwin the noble of Caddington
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert son of Solomon
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert son of Solomon
- Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Households: 3 villagers; 4 cottagers

British Place Names

Meppershall, Central Bedfordshire

Meppershall is a village in Central Bedfordshire

Meppershall in historic gazetteers

Meppershall in the Domesday Book