Mereworth

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Mereworth is a village in Kent

Other current and historical names

Merryworth
Marourde

Parish/Community: Mereworth
District/Borough: Tonbridge and Malling
County: Kent
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°15'30"N 0°22'34"E
Eastings/Northings: 565908, 153730
OS Grid: TQ659537
Mapcode Local: GBR NPW.5XP
Mapcode Global: VHJMB.GMSJ

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

Mereworth in historic gazetteers

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

Mereworth, par. and vil., Kent, 7 miles SW. of Maidstone, 2405 ac., pop. 843; P.O.; Mereworth Castle, seat of Viscount Falmouth, is situated in a beautiful park with long avenues of timber.

Mereworth in the Domesday Book

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

- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Northmann of Mereworth
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Haimo the sheriff
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Haimo the sheriff
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £12 in 1066; £10 in 1070; £19 in 1086
- Households: 28 villagers; 15 smallholders; 10 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 10 men's ploughs (9 plough lands)
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Woodland: 60 swine render
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 2, value 10 shillings
- Other resources: 2 fisheries

British Place Names

Mereworth, Kent

Mereworth is a village in Kent

Mereworth in historic gazetteers

Mereworth in the Domesday Book