Chelvey

Other current and historical names

Celuia
Caluica
Caluiche

Parish/Community: Brockley
Unitary Authority: North Somerset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 51°24'41"N 2°46'6"W
Eastings/Northings: 346654, 168325
OS Grid: ST466683
Mapcode Local: GBR JH.Q8BL
Mapcode Global: VH7C8.YSTD

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Chelvey within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Chelvey in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Chelvey, par., E. Somerset, 8½ miles SW. of Bristol, 1077 ac., pop. 42.

Chelvey in the Domesday Book

A village in Hartcliffe hundred, in the county of Somerset.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorkil the Dane
- Tenants in Chief in 1086: Matthew of Mortagne; Bishop of Coutances
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Rumold (subinfeudated); Bishop of Coutances
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1070; £2 5/- in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 4 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs (3 plough lands)
- Woodland: 6 acres
- Animals in 1086: 6 pigs

British Place Names

Chelvey, North Somerset

Chelvey is a hamlet in North Somerset

Chelvey in historic gazetteers

Chelvey in the Domesday Book