Minstead, Hampshire
Historical Description
Minstead, a village and a parish in Hants. The village stands 2½ miles N by W of Lyndhurst, and 4 from Lyndhurst Road station on the L. & S.W.R. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office. The parish includes the tithings of Minstead, London Minstead, Cadnam, Canterton, and Fritham, and part of Emery Down; also the whole of Bolderwood Walk and the greater part of Castle Malwood Walk. Acreage, 10,246; population of the civil parish, 868; of the ecclesiastical, 2281. Minstead Manor is the chief residence. A triangular stone, near Stoney Cross, marks the site of the tree from which the arrow glanced that killed William Rufus. The living is a rectory, united with the vicarage of Lyndhurst, in the diocese of Winchester; value, £175 with residence. The church appears to be of the 13th century, but has been much mutilated.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Hampshire | |
| Ecclesiastical parish | Minstead All Saints | |
| Hundred | New Forest | |
| Poor Law union | New Forest |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Minstead from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Minstead (All Saints))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Hampshire (County Southampton) is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Minstead are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Hampshire newspapers online:
- Portsmouth Evening News
- Hampshire Telegraph
- Hampshire Advertiser
- Hampshire Chronicle
- Aldershot Military Gazette
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitations of Hampshire, 1530, 1575, & 1622-34 is available to view on the Heraldry page.