Tim
                                    2020.04.14 12:25
                                
                                
                                
                                    
                                    
                                    Here is a bit of history about Merriott from wikipedia 
The name Merriott means boundary gate from the Old English Maergeat.
The manor was held at the time of the Domesday Book in 1086 by Harding son of Eadnorth whose descendants took the name of the village and continued until the death of Sir John de Meriet in 1391. 
The good quality of the soil led to the development of market-gardening, with the first use in England of the word nursery (noresire) occurred at Merriot in 1369.
The parish was part of the hundred of Crewkerne.
Major rebuilding took place in the village following a fire in 1811.
The school building dates from 1876, and now incorporates the former Sunday school which was built in 1834.