In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Chelsworth like this:
CHELLESWORTH, or Chelsworth, a parish in Cosford district, Suffolk; on the river Bret, 1¼ mile SSE of Bildeston, and 4 NNW of Hadleigh r. station. Post town, Bildeston, under Ipswich. Acres, 861. Real property, £2, 063. Pop., 273. Houses, 67. The property is divided among a few. Chellesworth House is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £266.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is ancient, and has an old fresco of the ' ' Judgment; " and is good.
Chelsworth through time
Chelsworth is now part of Babergh district. Click here for graphs and data of how Babergh has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Chelsworth itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Chelsworth, in Babergh and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7087
Date accessed: 12th May 2024
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