# Kellaways

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{{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](/source/Langley_Burrell_Without)
| unitary_england = [Wiltshire](/source/Wiltshire_Council)
| lieutenancy_england = [Wiltshire](/source/Wiltshire)
| region = South West England
| country = England
|constituency_westminster = [South Cotswolds](/source/South_Cotswolds_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
| post_town = [Chippenham](/source/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](/source/civil_parish) of [Langley Burrell Without](/source/Langley_Burrell_Without) and ceremonial county of [Wiltshire](/source/Wiltshire), England. Its nearest town is [Chippenham](/source/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](/source/Avon%2C_Wiltshire) 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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/A_Vision_of_Britain_through_Time) |publisher=University of Portsmouth}}</ref> 

The [manor house](/source/manor_house) is from the 17th century and is [Grade II* listed](/source/Listed_building).<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](/source/River_Avon%2C_Bristol), 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](/source/Kellaways_%E2%80%93_West_Tytherton%2C_River_Avon_SSSI%2C_Wiltshire), a site of special geological interest

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category inline}}
*[https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WIL/TythertonKellaways Tytherton Kellaways] at [Genuki](/source/Genuki)

Category:Hamlets in Wiltshire
Category:Former civil parishes in Wiltshire

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