Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HALSTEAD

HALSTEAD, a township in Tilton parish, Leicestershire; 11 miles E of Leicester. Acres, 1, 432. Real property, £, 231. Pop., 211. Houses, 43. Halstead House is the seat of the Chesters. There are petrifying springs, and a Wesleyan chapel.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Halstead CP/Tn       Tilton CP/AP/Tn       Leicestershire AncC
Place: Halstead

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