Merriott Families Genealogy

Where and what is Merriott?

Merriott  is a parish and village in the hundred of Crewkerne, union of Chard, 2 miles  north of Crewkerne in Somerset. The Parish extends over three miles from north east to south west, and is two miles across at its widest point - a roughly triangular shape of about 1750 acres in 1901.  By 1934 the parish consisted of approximately 2700 acres after the addition of some of the northern Crewkerne area.     The long south east boundary with Chiselborough, West Chinnock and Crewkerne follows the path of the river Parrett or one of its tributaries, while the northern boundary follows the Lopen brook.    To the west is Hinton St George and Furland, Crewkerne.   

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 Somerset Archives have some good old maps of the area - have a look at:

http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/mainpage.htm

Here are some 1889 maps of Merriott & district from the www.old-maps.co.uk  site:
Check out this site for surrounding maps.

Images produced from the www.old-maps.co.uk service with permission of Landmark Information Group Ltd. (www.landmark-information.co.uk)   and Ordnance Survey (www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk)

For more information about some of the placenames in Merriott, see Placenames        

The village of Merriott has the reputation of being the largest in England.   The population was 785 in 1619, rising to 1017 by 1801, and stabilizing at just under 1500 in the years 1831 to 1871.   There followed a steady decline to 1116 in 1931.    Since World War II there has been a gradual rise, to 1327 in 1951, and 1495 in 1971.