Henstridge Marsh
Variant name of place
Henshige-Marsh; England
Geographic position
50.9742° N, 2.3930° W
Event
Fundraising Tour of Great Britain
Sources
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=18743
General note
Henstridge Marsh refers to a village east of Henstridge proper in Somerset County in southwest England. The land was controlled by the Selesmarsh manor, owned by the Selesmarsh family in the thirteenth century. In the sixteenth century, the Selesmarsh developed fisheries and common pastures for sheep and cattle in the area. The land was divided into separate farmhouses in the seventeenth century.