Meppershall
Meppershall | |
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Village | |
![]() Meppershall High Street | |
Location within Bedfordshire | |
Population | 2,044 [1] 1,745 (2011 Census)[2] https://centralbedfordshire.communityinsight.org/map/?subregion=18599&indicator=census11_p04_all_20210101# |
Bedfordshire and Luton | |
Ambulance | East of England |
UK Parliament | |
Meppershall is a hilltop village in Bedfordshire near Shefford, Campton, Shillington, Stondon and surrounded by farmland. The village and the manor house are mentioned in the Domesday Book in 1086 - with the entry reading: Malpertesselle/Maperteshale: Gilbert FitzSolomon.
The Manor House belonged to the De Meppershall family for nearly 300 years following 1086. The present house is early 17th century.
Until 1844 Meppershall was partially in Hertfordshire. The detached portion of Hertfordshire was transferred to Bedfordshire in 1844, following the Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844.
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St. Mary's church dates back to the Normans. The Parish Records of St Mary, Meppershall, have been published on CD by the Parochial Church Council.[3]
Before the advent of greenhouses, Meppershall was a very poor community with large families living in two up, two down type thatched cottages built of brick with stone floors. However, so many greenhouses were built in the village that it was known as a "glass city," growing salad crops for local markets, which were shipped further afield via the railway.
As well as farming, the village earned its income from
References
- ^ Bedfordshire County Council, Population Estimates and Forecasts Archived 5 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine, estimate for 2007.
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ Parochial Church Council Information Archived 27 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine February 2011.
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