A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
CHELVEY, a parish in Bedminster district, Somerset; on the Bristol and Exeter railway, near Nailsea r. station, 8½ miles WSW of Bristol. Post town, Nailsea, Somerset. Acres, 1, 077. Rated property, £1, 249. Pop., 54. Houses, 8. The property is all in one estate. The house-house is now used as a farm-house; and bears the arms of the Tyntes, who became owners of the manor about 1600. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £142. Patron, J. Cooke, Esq. The church is later English.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Chelvey CP/AP Long Ashton RegD/PLU Somerset AncC |
| Place: | Chelvey |
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