Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Halstead

Halstead.-- market town and par. with ry. sta., E. Essex, on river Colne, 16 miles NW. of Colchester and 55¾ NE. of London -- par., 5631 ac., pop. 6701; town, pop. 5804; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Friday; contains the Halstead Paper Mills; 1 mile S. of the town is the seat of Hallstead Lodge.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "market town and parish with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Halstead CP/AP       Halstead Urban CP       Essex AncC
Place: Halstead

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