{{Short description|Village in Wiltshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox UK place | official_name = Tytherton Kellaways | coordinates = {{coord|51.480|-2.073|type:city(50)_region:GB-WIL|display=inline,title}} | os_grid_reference = ST9516275497 | population = | population_ref = | civil_parish = Langley Burrell Without | unitary_england = Wiltshire | lieutenancy_england = Wiltshire | region = South West England | country = England |constituency_westminster = South Cotswolds | post_town = Chippenham | postcode_district = SN15 4 | postcode_area = SN | dial_code = 01249 | static_image = St Giles Church at Kellaways - geograph.org.uk - 1580373.jpg | static_image_caption = St Giles' church }} '''Kellaways''', also known as ''' Tytherton Kellaways''', is a village and former ecclesiastical parish in the present-day civil parish of Langley Burrell Without and ceremonial county of Wiltshire, England. Its nearest town is Chippenham, which lies {{convert|2.5|mi}} southwest from the hamlet. Historically, the name was sometimes given as '''Gallows'''.
The parish was formed on 1 April 1895 as a replacement for Avon parish.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Avon CP/Ch/Tg |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10396920 |access-date=6 December 2023 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=University of Portsmouth}}</ref> On 1 April 1934 the parish was abolished and its area was added to Langley Burrell Without.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kellaways CP |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10405798 |access-date=6 December 2023 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=University of Portsmouth}}</ref> In 1931 the parish had a population of 37.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kellaways CP: Population |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10405798/cube/TOT_POP |access-date=6 December 2023 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=University of Portsmouth}}</ref>
The manor house is from the 17th century and is Grade II* listed.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1199380|desc=Kellaways Farmhouse|access-date=26 December 2017}}</ref>
There was a water mill on the River Avon, marked as disused on a 1959 map.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://maps.nls.uk/view/95749790|title=Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 maps of Great Britain, sheet ST97|date=1959|website=National Library of Scotland|access-date=27 December 2017}}</ref> The present building, now a house, is from the late 17th and 18th centuries;<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1022355|desc=Kellaways Mill|access-date=26 December 2017|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> nearby stands the mill-owner's house of c. 1800.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1363835|desc=Kellaways Mill House|access-date=26 December 2017|fewer-links=yes}}</ref>
The small church of St Giles was built c. 1800, in ashlar with a slate roof and an octagonal cupola.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1022353|desc=Church of St Giles|access-date=26 December 2017|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> The building replaced an earlier structure which was attached to the mill, first recorded in 1304.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/Church/Details/1103|title=Church of St. Giles, Kellaways|website=Wiltshire Community History|publisher=Wiltshire Council|access-date=26 December 2017}}</ref> Today the ecclesiastical parish of Tytherton Kellaways is part of the Draycot benefice.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://draycot.weebly.com/tytherton-kellaways.html|title=Tytherton Kellaways|website=Draycot Benefice|access-date=26 December 2017}}</ref>
==See also== * Kellaways – West Tytherton, River Avon SSSI, Wiltshire, a site of special geological interest
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==External links== {{Commons category inline}} *[https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WIL/TythertonKellaways Tytherton Kellaways] at Genuki
Category:Hamlets in Wiltshire Category:Former civil parishes in Wiltshire