Merston

Other current and historical names

Mersitone

Parish/Community: Oving
District/Borough: Chichester
County: West Sussex
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 50°49'17"N 0°43'53"W
Eastings/Northings: 489439, 103190
OS Grid: SU894031
Mapcode Local: GBR DH1.FTF
Mapcode Global: FRA 96CX.LSX

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

Merston in historic gazetteers

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

Merston.-- par., Sussex, 2½ miles SE. of Chichester, 718 ac., pop. 96.

Merston in the Domesday Book

A village in Boxgrove hundred, in the county of Sussex.

- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Gyrth
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Earl Roger of Shrewsbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Osmelin (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 8 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £6 in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 6 cottagers
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Mills: 3, value 7 shillings

British Place Names

Merston, West Sussex

Merston is a hamlet in West Sussex

Merston in historic gazetteers

Merston in the Domesday Book