-
century out of the
Domesday hundreds of
Bomelau (Bumbelowe), Stanlei, and
Meretone. It
covered the
eastern part of the county,
including Coventry, Bedworth...
- was a
place of some importance, as it was the
centre of a
hundred named Meretone. By the late 12th
century this had
become part of the
hundred of Knightlow...
-
Grimkel and Swein's land. In the 12th
century the
Domesday hundreds of
Meretone (Marton),
Bomelau (Bumbelowe) and
Stanlei were combined, so Hillmorton...
-
before the
Norman conquest of
England Hacun, a Dane, held the
manor of
Meretone and also the
nearby manor of Piddington. The
toponym is
derived from the...
- (small lake)" to "Maera's homestead".
Merton appears Domesday Book as
Meretone. It was
revealed in
Domesday Book as the
largest community in the area...
- 'Berricestone', 'Bomelau', 'Coles****e', 'Ferne****be', 'Fexhole', 'Honesberie', '
Meretone', 'Patelau', 'Stanlei', and 'Tremelau', they were
reduced to four 'sipesochae'...
