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CHELSFIELD, a parish, with a village, in Bromley district, Kent; 6½ miles SE of Bromley. It has a post office under Bromley, Kent, and a railway station. Acres, 3, 280. Real property, £4, 710. Pop., 784. Houses, 148. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacy of Farnborough, in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £876.* Patron, All Souls College, Oxford. The church is early English. There are a national school and charities £23.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Chelsfield Parish Bromley Poor Law Union/Registration District Kent Ancient County |
| Place: | Chelsfield |
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