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Summary

Marwood, also known as church marwood, to distinguish it from middle marwood, was mereuda in domesday. In 1086 it was held by two military men of robert de albemarle. Before the conquest it was held by ulward. Early descents given (reichel).

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS53NW/37

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• SETTLEMENT (VIII to Late Medieval - 701 AD to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV242.

Marwood, also known as church marwood, to distinguish it from middle marwood, was mereuda in domesday. In 1086 it was held by two military men of robert de albemarle. Before the conquest it was held by ulward. Early descents given (reichel).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV65185.

Reichel, o. J. /hundreds of devon/(1928-1938)401,404,405,450,452,453,457/ the hundred of braunton in early times.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV65186.

Gover, j. E. B. + mawer, a. + stenton, f. M. /the place-names of devon/(1931)50.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV65187.

Green, t. /ndas newsletter/5(spring 2003)8/the archaeology of some north devon place names/in smr.

Gover, J. E. B. + Mawer, A. + Stenton, F. M., 1931, The Place-Names of Devon: Part One (Monograph). SDV1312.

Marwood is mentioned as meroda, merehoda + mereuda in 1086; as chirchemerwode in 1345. It is on the boundary between braunton and shirwell hundreds (gover et al).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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