Farms & Market
Gardening - Index Page
The richness of the soil in the parish of Merriott encouraged the development
of Market Gardening from the 18th century. The parish is surrounded by
streams, and also watered by a brook which cuts off the southern part centred on
Marks Barn and Shutteroaks houses. The brook drove both the Billing's and
the Court mills. The main streets of the village form a triangle around a former
open field called Hitchen or Landshare.
In Dunning's A History of Somerset, Merriott is mentioned as
having a tree nursery as early as 1370; and also as supporting one of the
largest nurseries in the county.
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