CHELWOOD, a parish in the hundred of KEYNSHAM,
county of SOMERSET, 2 miles (S. E.) from Pensfor,
d, containing 222 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
^5, 7, 6., and in the patronage of the Bishop of Bath
and Wells, The church is dedicated to St. Leonard;
tne tower.was rebuilt in 1772. There is an endowed
chapel belonging to the Independents. The parish
contains extensive mines of coal.