KELVEDON-HATCH, a parish in Ongar district, Essex; on the river Roding, 2 miles S by E of ChippingOngar r. station, and 5 NNW of Brentwood. It has a post office of the name of Kelvedon-Common, under Brentwood. Acres, 1, 665. Real property, £2, 655. Pop., 454. Houses, 88. The property is subdivided. Kelvedon Hall, a very fine mansion, is the seat of J. F. Wright, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £513.* Patron, E. Slocock, Esq. The church is ancient but good; consists of nave and chancel, with a small spire; and contains monuments of the Luthers, the Wrights, and the Dolbys. A Roman Catholic chapel is attached to Kelvedon Hall. There are a parochial school, and charities £27.

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