Merton

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Merton is a village in Oxfordshire

Other current and historical names

Meretone

Parish/Community: Merton
District/Borough: Cherwell
County: Oxfordshire
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°51'16"N 1°9'52"W
Eastings/Northings: 457630, 217670
OS Grid: SP576176
Mapcode Local: GBR 8XX.LCJ
Mapcode Global: VHCX9.RNN1

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., Oxfordshire, on river Ray, 3 miles S. of Bicester, 1932 ac., pop. 169.

Merton in the Domesday Book

A village in Headington hundred, in the county of Oxfordshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Hakon
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Countess Judith
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Countess Judith
- Taxable Value: 10 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1066; £8 in 1086
- Households: 19 villagers; 6 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 5 men's ploughs (12 plough lands)
- Meadow: 100 acres
- Woodland: 4 furlongs

British Place Names

Merton, Oxfordshire

Merton is a village in Oxfordshire

Merton in historic gazetteers

Merton in the Domesday Book