Kelsale, Suffolk

Description
Kelsale-cum-Carlton, formerly separate parishes, but which were united in 1885, and now form one in Biything union, Suffolk. The village of Kelsale stands on the side of a hill near the G.E.R., 1 1/2 mile N by E from Saxmnndham station on the G.E.R., is large and picturesque, with well-built houses and attached gardens, and has a post and money order office under Saxmundham; telegraph office, Saxmund-ham. The parish includes Dorley's Corner, North Green, East Green, and Curlew Green, and comprises 3620 acres; population, 1038. Carlton Hall and the Rookery are chief residences. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Carlton, in the diocese of Norwich; joint net value, £288 with residence. The church of St Mary and St Peter, Kelsale, is a building of flint in the Saxon style. The church of St Peter, Carlton, is a building of flint in the Early English style. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel, and there are charities worth about £250 a year. The church house, erected by the rector in 1891 at a cost of £1250, is used for club and public meetings. Sand, clay, and potter's earth are dug here. Kelsall, a village and a township chapelry in Tarvin parish, Cheshire. The village stands at the W border of Dela-mere Forest, 2 miles ENE of Tarvin, and 2 1/2 S of Moulds-worth station on the Cheshire Lines railway, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Chester. The township comprises 1241 acres; population, 692. The living is annexed to the vicarage of Tarvin, in the diocese of Chester. The church was built in 1844. There is a Wesleyan chapel.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5