Merton

Other current and historical names

Mertone
Mertona

Parish/Community: Merton
District/Borough: Torridge
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°53'22"N 4°5'45"W
Eastings/Northings: 252678, 112106
OS Grid: SS526121
Mapcode Local: GBR KP.S85W
Mapcode Global: FRA 269R.B35

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

Merton in historic gazetteers

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

Merton.-- par. and vil., Devon, on river Meer, 5 miles NW. of Hatherleigh, 3738 ac., pop. 583; P.O.

Merton in the Domesday Book

A village in Merton hundred, in the county of Devon.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorkil
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Coutances
- Taxable Value: ⁵⁄₈ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1070; £8 in 1086
- Households: 12 villagers; 8 smallholders; 3 slaves; 9 other households
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs (10 plough lands)
- Meadow: 15 acres
- Woodland: 60 acres
- Pasture: 30 acres
- Animals in 1086: 12 cattle; 9 pigs; 1 cob

British Place Names

Merton, Devon

Merton is a village in Devon

Merton in historic gazetteers

Merton in the Domesday Book