HEELYFIELD, a township in the parish of MUGGLESWICK, western division of CHESTER ward, county palatine of DURHAM, 8 miles (N.) from Wolsingham, containing 161 inhabitants. Here was anciently a chapel: there is a school with a small endowment. This township was severed from the parish of Lanchester by order of the parliamentary commissioners in 1648, and annexed to that of Muggleswick.