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Halstead, Kent

Historical Description

Halstead, a village and a parish in Kent. The village has a station on the S.E.E., 15 miles from London, and 6 NNW of Sevenoaks. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under SevenoaRs. The parish comprises 923 acres; population, 448. Halstead Place is the chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury; value, £100 with residence. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church was rebuilt in 1881. and is in the Early English style. A parish room and men's club was built by subscription in 1893.

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

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyKent 
Ecclesiastical parishHalstead St. Margaret 
HundredCodsheath 
LatheSutton-at-Hone 
Poor Law unionSevenoaks 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

Findmypast have the following online for Halstead, St Margaret: baptisms 1561-1919, marriages 1563-1919, burials 1561-1922


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Halstead from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Halstead are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Kent newspapers online:


Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Kent, 1619 is available on the Heraldry page, as is also The Visitation of Kent, 1663-68.

DistrictSevenoaks
CountyKent
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Postal districtTN14
Post TownSevenoaks

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