Chelwood

Other current and historical names

Celeworde
Celeworda
Cellewert

Parish/Community: Chelwood
Unitary Authority: Bath and North East Somerset
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°21'18"N 2°31'39"W
Eastings/Northings: 363356, 161909
OS Grid: ST633619
Mapcode Local: GBR JT.TWD6
Mapcode Global: VH898.46LJ

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

Chelwood in historic gazetteers

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

Chelwood, par., E. Somerset, 4½ miles S. of Keynsham, 1077 ac., pop. 145; P.O.

Chelwood in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Karli of Norton
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Alfred of Marlborough
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Nicholas the bowman (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1070; £5 in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 4 slaves; 4 Cottagers
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 7 acres
- Woodland: 30 acres
- Animals in 1086: 12 pigs; 30 goats; 2 cobs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thori
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Eustace
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alfred of Marlborough (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (3 plough lands)
- Meadow: 5 acres
- Woodland: 5 furlongs
- Animals in 1086: 15 pigs

British Place Names

Chelwood, Bath and North East Somerset

Chelwood is a village in Bath and North East Somerset

Chelwood in historic gazetteers

Chelwood in the Domesday Book