CHELLESWORTH, or Chelsworth, a parish in Cosford district, Suffolk; on the river Bret, 1 ¼ mile SSE of Bildeston, and 4 NNW of Hadleigh r. station. Post-town, Bildeston, under Ipswich. Acres, 861. Real property, £2,063. Pop., 273. Houses, 67. The property is divided among a few. Chellesworth House is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £266. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is ancient, and has an old fresco of the “Judgment;” and is good.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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