In the Domesday Book, of 1086, there was no Oswestry. The area was called the hundred of Mersete, a Saxon name which signifies 'the people of the border country'. It had as its centre the fortified village of Meresberie, modern day Maesbury.

• Where is Maesbury?
• Maesbury from the air - a wider view of the small area on the right.
• - and photos from an air balloon