CHELVEY, a parish in the hundred of HARTCLIFFE-with-BEDMINSTER, county of SOMERSET, 8 miles (W. s. W.) from Bristol, containing 62 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Bath, and diocese of Bath and Wells, rated in the king's books, at £4. 9. 7., and in the patronage of Lady Anne Tynte. The clmrch is dedicated to St. Bridget.