Meldreth
| Meldreth | |
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 Holy Trinity church |
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| Meldreth shown within Cambridgeshire | |
| Population | 1,641 1,783 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | TL375466 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ROYSTON |
| Postcode district | SG8 |
| Dialling code | 01763 |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
Meldreth is a village in South Cambridgeshire with 1,783 inhabitants lying around 10 miles south-west of Cambridge.
A large Bronze Age hoard was found near Meldreth railway station in the nineteenth century that is now in the collections of the British Museum. The village of Meldreth grew in Saxon times, and the parish is home to Mettle Hill (formerly known as Motlowehyll) that was probably the original meeting place of Armingford Hundred. Listed as Melrede in the Domesday Book, the village's name means "mill stream", named after the stream that rises at Melbourn Bury and flows north into the River Cam.
Due to its proximity to Cambridge, much of the land has at some time been owned by colleges of the University of Cambridge. In the early 16th century, Christ's College moved to its Meldreth estate to escape the plague.
The Domesday Book, compiled in 1086, has 9 entries for Meldreth
❧ ENTRY 1 ❧ Tenant-in-chief and Lord in 1086: Guy of Raimbeaucourt. Households: 15 smallholders. 1 slave. 3 cottagers. Ploughland: 5 ploughlands (land for). 1 lord's plough teams. 4 men's plough teams. Other resources: 0.5 lord's lands. Meadow 5 ploughs. 2 mills, value 0.53.
❧ ENTRY 2 ❧ Tenant-in-chief and Lord in 1086: Abbey of Ely (St Etheldreda), Households: 10 smallholders. 3 slaves. 3 cottagers. Ploughland: 7 ploughlands (land for). 1.5 lord's plough teams. 0.5 lord's plough teams possible. 3 men's plough teams. Other resources: 1.5 lord's lands. Meadow 5 ploughs. 1 mill, value 0.15. Phillimore reference: 5,31
❧ ENTRY 3 ❧ Tenant-in-chief in 1086: Earl Roger (of Shrewsbury). Lord in 1086: Abbey of Saint-Evroult. Households: 5 villagers. 3 smallholders. 2 slaves. Ploughland: 5 ploughlands (land for). 2 lord's plough teams. 3 men's plough teams. Other resources: Meadow 2 ploughs. 2 mills, value 0.66. Phillimore reference: 13,6
❧ ENTRY 4 ❧ Tenant-in-chief in 1086: Hardwin of Scales. Lord in 1086: Hugh {Pedefold}. Households: 1 slave. 3 cottagers. Ploughland: 2 ploughlands (land for). Other resources: Meadow 2 ploughs. 1 mill, value 0.26. 1 church. Phillimore reference: 26,30
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