Place:Kellaways, Wiltshire, England

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NameKellaways
Alt namesTytherton Kellawayssource: from redirect
Tytherington Kellawayssource: from redirect
Calloessource: Family History Library Catalog
Tytherton-Kelwayssource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates51.48°N 2.073°W
Located inWiltshire, England     ( - 1934)
See alsoChippenham Hundred, Wiltshire, Englandhundred in which it was located
Chippenham Rural, Wiltshire, Englandrural district, 1894 - 1895
Langley Burrell, Wiltshire, Englandcivil parish into which it was absorbed in 1895
North Wiltshire District, Wiltshire, Englanddistrict municipality 1974-2009
Wiltshire District, Wiltshire, Englandunitary authority since 2009
source: Family History Library Catalog
the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia

Kellaways, also known as Tytherton Kellaways, is a village and very small former ecclesiastical parish located since 1934 in the civil parish of Langley Burrell and ceremonial county of Wiltshire, England. Its nearest town is Chippenham, which lies 2.5 miles (4.0 km) southwest from the hamlet. Historically, the name was sometimes given as Calloes.

The manor house is from the 17th century and is Grade II* listed.

There was a water mill on the River Avon, marked as disused on a 1959 map. The present building, now a house, is from the late 17th and 18th centuries;[3] nearby stands the mill-owner's house of c. 1800.

The small church of St Giles was built c. 1800, in ashlar with a slate roof and an octagonal cupola. The building replaced an earlier structure which was attached to the mill, first recorded in 1304. Today the ecclesiastical parish of Tytherton Kellaways is part of the Draycot benefice.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Tytherton from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"KELLAWAYS, CALLOES, or TYTHERTON-KELWAYS, a parish in Chippenham [registration] district, Wilts; on the river Avon, and the Great Western railway, 3 miles NE of Chippenham. Post town: Chippenham. Acres: 140. Real property: £1,747. Population: 18. Houses: 4.
"The manor belongs to the Earl of Carnarvon. Freshets of the Avon used to overflow the land; and they occasioned the construction, in 1474, of a paved causeway "for the good of travellers." A Moravian settlement was established here in the time of Wesley and Whitfield. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value: £82. Patron: not reported. The church is modern."

[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10406390 A Vision of Britain through Time reports that Kellaways was absorbed into the civil parish of Langley Burrell Without in 1934.

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Research Tips

  • From this Ancestry page you can browse the Wiltshire parishes which have parish register transcripts online, quite often from very early dates. However, reading the early ones requires skill and patience. Transcriptions should also be in FamilySearch.
  • A further collection of online source references will be found on the county page for Wiltshire.
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