Seend
SEEND, a chapelry, in the parish, union, and hundred of Melksham, Melksham and N. divisions of Wilts, 3½ miles (S. E. by E.) from Melksham; containing 992 inhabitants. The Kennet and Avon canal passes through. The chapel is dedicated to the Holy Cross. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.