[5] Chadwell is half a mile east of Wycomb, and they share the Church of St. Mary in the same ecclesiastical parish.

[7] Mentioned in the Domesday Book Survey of 1086, Chadwell was a settlement in the Hundred of Framland, Leicestershire.

[8] The Church of St Mary, started out as a chapel,[4] with parts of the structure dating back to the 12th century.

[7] Not long after the Inclosure Act 1773, it was recorded that 750 acres of land in and around "Caudwell and Wykeham" belonged to the "Parish of Rodeley".

Among the parish landowners, influential figures included the lord of the manor, Thomas Babington, esq., the Bishop of Ely and the Brethren of Wigston's Hospital.