CHELVESTON, a parish in the hundred of HIGHAMFERRERS, county of NORTHAMPTON, 2 miles (E. by N.) from Higham-Ferrers, containing, with Caldecott, 317 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, united to the vicarage of Higham-Ferrers, in the archdeaconry of Northampton, and diocese of Peterborough. The church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. There is a small endowment for the instruction of children.