MERLAND, (Devon) in the p. of Padstow, so called from its situation by the Meer, bel. anciently to the Zouches; from whom, it passed thro' the Fitzwarrens and the Davells, and came from the latter by marriage to Arthur Harris, Esq;. Brackish waters issue out of pits in the Moors here, though it is at least 12 m. from the sea. Merland-Peters, on the N. W. side of this, is so called from its Ch. dedicated to St. Peter, which was once a prebend to the priory of Frithelstoke.