Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for KELSHALL

KELSHALL, a village and a parish in Royston district, Herts. The village stands 2¾ miles SE of Ashwell r. station, and 4 SW by S of Royston. The parish contains also Rooks-Hall. Post town, Royston. Acres, 2, 090. Real property, £2, 862. Pop., 318. Houses, 60. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £364. * Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is ancient, plain, and good, with a tower; and contains a few brasses and monuments.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Kelshall CP/AP       Hertfordshire AncC
Place: Kelshall

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