KELVEDON, a parish in the hundred of WITHAM,
county of ESSEX, 12 miles (N. E.) from Chelmsford,
containing 1328 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage,
in the archdeaconry of Colchester, and diocese of Lon-
don, rated in the king's books at £9 4. 2., and in the
patronage of the Bishop of London. The church is dedicated
to St. Mary. The Independents have a place of
worship here. The village, situated on the line of the
mam road through Essex, is neat and well built, and
contains several highly respectable dwelling-houses: the
Blackwater river runs on the eastern and southern sides
of it. There is a small endowment for the instruction
of children, with a school-house for the master.