Miserden

Other current and historical names

Lypiatt
Grenhamstede

Parish/Community: Miserden
District/Borough: Stroud
County: Gloucestershire
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°46'42"N 2°5'32"W
Eastings/Northings: 393729, 208860
OS Grid: SO937088
Mapcode Local: GBR 2NN.KTM
Mapcode Global: VH94T.PK7J

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

Miserden in historic gazetteers

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

Miserden, par. and vil., Gloucestershire, 6½ miles NE. of Stroud, 2434 ac., pop. 430; P.O.; has the site of a castle of the Musards of time of King John; Miserden House and Miserden Park are seats.

Miserden in the Domesday Book

A village in Bisley hundred, in the county of Gloucestershire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ernsi son of Aldgyth
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hascoit Musard
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hascoit Musard
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £7 in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers; 5 smallholders; 10 slaves; 1 priest; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 9 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Woodland: 1 league

British Place Names

Miserden, Gloucestershire

Miserden is a village in Gloucestershire

Miserden in historic gazetteers

Miserden in the Domesday Book