Mere, Wiltshire

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Mere is a town in Wiltshire

Other current and historical names

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

Mere in historic gazetteers

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

Mere.-- town and par., Wilts, 4 miles NE. of Gillingham and 21 miles SE. of Bath, 7400 ac., pop. 2931; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank; has mfrs. of dowlas and ticking. Mere has vestiges of a castle of the earls of Cornwall. In the times of Edward I. and Edward II. it sent members to Parliament.

Mere in the Domesday Book

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

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

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