Kelvedon

Other current and historical names

Keldon
Chelleuadana

Built-Up Area: Kelvedon
Parish/Community: Kelvedon
District/Borough: Braintree
County: Essex
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°49'59"N 0°41'48"E
Eastings/Northings: 585916, 218407
OS Grid: TL859184
Mapcode Local: GBR QL0.303
Mapcode Global: VHKG8.158X

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

Kelvedon in historic gazetteers

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

Kelvedon, par. and vil. with ry. sta., in NE. of Essex, on river Blackwater, 12 m. SW. of Colchester and 42¼ m. NE. of London, 3168 ac., pop. 1537; P.O., T.O.

Kelvedon in the Domesday Book

A village in Witham hundred, in the county of Essex.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Westminster
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Westminster
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £8 in 1086
- Households: 18 villagers; 7 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 25 acres
- Woodland: 50 pigs
- Mills: 1
- Animals in 1086: 6 cattle; 35 pigs; 2 cobs
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Guthmund brother of Abbot Wulfric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh de Montfort
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William son of Gross (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £6 in 1066; £7 in 1086
- Households: 9 villagers; 5 smallholders; 3 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 men's plough
- Meadow: 25 acres
- Woodland: 50 pigs
- Mills: 1
- Animals in 1066: 4 cattle; 7 pigs; 1 cob
- Animals in 1086: 2 cobs

British Place Names

Kelvedon, Essex

Kelvedon is a village in Essex

Kelvedon in historic gazetteers

Kelvedon in the Domesday Book