Mersham

Other current and historical names

Merseham

Built-Up Area: Mersham
Parish/Community: Mersham
District/Borough: Ashford
County: Kent
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°7'16"N 0°55'55"E
Eastings/Northings: 605289, 139856
OS Grid: TR052398
Mapcode Local: GBR SYH.NGK
Mapcode Global: VHKKW.32LT

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

Mersham in historic gazetteers

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

Mersham, par. and vil., Kent, 3½ miles SE. of Ashford, 2680 ac., pop. 722; P.O., T.O.; Mersham Hatch, with fine grounds, is the seat of the Knatchbull family.

Mersham in the Domesday Book

A village in Longbridge hundred, in the county of Kent.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Archbishop of Canterbury Christ Church
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Archbishop of Canterbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh de Montfort (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 6 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £10 in 1070; £20 in 1086
- Households: 39 villagers; 9 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 16 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
- Meadow: 13 acres
- Woodland: 30 swine render
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 2, value 5 shillings
- Other resources: 2 salthouses

British Place Names

Mersham, Kent

Mersham is a village in Kent

Mersham in historic gazetteers

Mersham in the Domesday Book