Halstead
HALSTEAD, a township, in the parish of Tilton, union of Billesdon, hundred of East Goscote, N. division of the county of Leicester, 7¾ miles (W. S. W.) from Oakham; containing 186 inhabitants. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.