Kellaways, also known as Tytherton Kellaways, is a village and former ecclesiastical parish in the present-day
civil parish
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of
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and ceremonial county of
Wiltshire
Wiltshire (; abbreviated Wilts) is a historic and ceremonial county in South West England with an area of . It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset to the southwest, Somerset to the west, Hampshire to the southeast, Gloucestershire ...
, England. Its nearest town is
Chippenham, which lies southwest from the hamlet. Historically, the name was sometimes given as Gallows.
The
manor house
A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were held the lord's manorial courts, communal meals w ...
is from the 17th century and is
Grade II* listed.
There was a water mill on the
River Avon, marked as disused on a 1959 map. The present building, now a house, is from the late 17th and 18th centuries; nearby stands the mill-owner's house of c. 1800.
The small church of St Giles was built c. 1800, in ashlar with a slate roof and an octagonal cupola. The building replaced an earlier structure which was attached to the mill, first recorded in 1304. Today the ecclesiastical parish of Tytherton Kellaways is part of the Draycot benefice.
See also
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Kellaways – West Tytherton, River Avon SSSI, Wiltshire
Kellaways - West Tytherton, River Avon SSSI () is a 4.1 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1998.
Located north east of Chippenham, this SSSI is of geological interest as the banks of the River Avo ...
, a site of special geological interest
References
External links
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Hamlets in Wiltshire
Former civil parishes in Wiltshire
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