Stanstead, Kent
Historical Description
Stanstead, a parish, with Stanstead village and Fairseat hamlet, in Kent, 3 miles from Wrotham station on the L.C. & D.R., and 7 NE of Sevenoaks. Post town, Wrotham. Acreage, 1974; population, 372. There is a parish council consisting of five members. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury; net value, £300 with residence. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church has been restored. Trosley Towers is the chief residence.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Kent | |
| Ecclesiastical parish | Stanstead St. Mary | |
| Hundred | Wrotham | |
| Lathe | Aylesford | |
| Poor Law union | Malling |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Stanstead from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Stanstead (St. Mary))
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Kent newspapers online:
- Kent & Sussex Courier
- Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald
- Dover Express
- Kentish Gazette
- Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald
- Kentish Chronicle
- Maidstone Telegraph
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Kent, 1619 is available on the Heraldry page, as is also The Visitation of Kent, 1663-68.