In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Chelveston like this:
CHELVESTON-CUM-CALDECOT, a parish in Thrapston district, Northampton near the river Nen and the Peterborough railway, 2¼ miles E of Higham-Ferrers r. station, and 6½ S of Thrapston. Post town, Higham-Ferrers. Acres, 1, 730. Real property, £2, 539. Pop., 454. Houses, 99. The property is divided among a few. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Higham-Ferrers, in the diocese of Peterborough. The church is good. A school has £24 from endowment, and alms-houses £19.
Chelveston through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Chelveston in East Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7652
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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