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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Chesfield like this:
CHIVESFIELD, or Chisfield, a quondam parish in Hitchin district, Herts; now incorporated with Graveley, 2 miles NNE of Stevenage. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Graveley, in the diocese of Rochester. There is no church.
Chesfield is now part of NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE District. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Chesfield itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Chesfield, in North Hertfordshire and Hertfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25770
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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