CHELSFIELD, a parish in the hundred of RUXLEY,
lathe of SUTTON at HONE, county of KENT, 6J miles
(S. E.) from Bromley, containing 756 inhabitants. The
living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese
of Rochester, rated in the king's books at £ 24. 14. 2.,
and in the patronage of the Warden and Fellows of All
Souls' College, Oxford. The church, dedicated to St.
Mary, is in the early style of English architecture, with
a tower and spire at the north-east angle of the nave.
At Farnborough, in this parish, there is a chapel of
ease. There is a small endowment for the instruction of
children.