Pre-Conquest, Merlesuan had 12 carucates; at DB Ralph Pagenel had it; there was a church at Distone. The value of the manor had declined from 60s under King Edward to only 4s at the time of the Survey (VCH II, 271). Subsequently, the manors of Kirk Deighton, Great Ribston and Ripley were exchanged for the manor of Bingley, and Kirk Deighton came under the fee of Trussebut (VCH II, 278, fn.1). In the 13th century, it came to belong to the Roos family.