Merridge

Other current and historical names

Malrige
Lower Merridge
Merridge, Lower

Parish/Community: Spaxton
District/Borough: Sedgemoor
County: Somerset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 51°6'15"N 3°7'50"W
Eastings/Northings: 320934, 134512
OS Grid: ST209345
Mapcode Local: GBR M0.BLPJ
Mapcode Global: VH6H5.PH9Q

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

Merridge in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwy son of Banna
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Alfred of 'Spain'
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ranulf of Stringston (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 1 smallholder; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (2 ¹⁄₂ plough lands)
- Woodland: 20 acres
- Pasture: 30 acres
- Mills: 1, value 4¾d
- Animals in 1086: 4 cattle; 12 goats

British Place Names

Merridge, Somerset

Merridge is a hamlet in Somerset

Merridge in the Domesday Book