Stanstead (St. Mary)
STAN STEAD (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Malling, hundred of Wrotham, lathe of Aylesford, W. division of Kent, 2 miles (N.) from Wrotham; containing 427 inhabitants. It comprises 1956 acres, of which 342 are in wood. The living is a rectory, in the gift of the Archbishop of Canterbury; income, £400 per annum.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.