We could not match "KIRKSTEAD" in our simplified list of the main towns and villages, or as a postcode. There are several other ways of finding places within Vision of Britain, so read on for detailed advice and 20 possible matches we have found for you:

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• If you are looking for hills, rivers, castles ... or pretty much anything other than the "places" where people live and lived, you need to look in our collection of Historical Gazetteers. This contains the complete text of three gazetteers published in the late 19th century — over 90,000 entries. Although there are no descriptive gazetteer entries for placenames exactly matching your search term (other than those already linked to "places"), the following entries mention "KIRKSTEAD":

  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  HORNCASTLE	Lincolnshire	Kirkstead; is 8 miles long, single, and worked by the Great Northern; and has a station at Woodhall-Spa. The river	Imperial
  KIMBERWORTH	Yorkshire	Kirkstead, who had a handsome residence here for the accommodation of one of their number superintending their property. Coal is now worked	Imperial
  KIRK-ANDREWS-UPON-EDEN	Cumberland	Kirksteads, about a mile S. The vallum of the wall is slightly traceable in the neighbourhood. The parish contains also	Imperial
  KIRKBY-GREEN	Lincolnshire	Kirkstead r. station, and 8 N by E of Sleaford. Post town, Scopwick, under Sleaford. Acres, 437. Real property, £1, 764. Pop., 175. Houses	Imperial
  KIRKBY-UPON-BAIN	Lincolnshire	Kirkstead r. station, and 5 1 / 2 S by W of Horncastle; and has a post office under Horncastle. Real	Imperial
  Kirkstead	Lincolnshire	Kirkstead , par. and ry. sta., Lincolnshire, on river Witham, 7½ miles SW. of Horncastle, 1459 ac., pop. 114; P.O.	Bartholomew
  KIRKSTEAD	Lincolnshire	KIRKSTEAD , a parish in Horncastle district, Lincoln; on the river Witham, and on the Lincoln and Boston railway, at the junction	Imperial
  Kirkstead Burn	Selkirkshire	Kirkstead Burn, a troutful stream of Yarrow parish, Selkirkshire, rising on the eastern slope of Black Law at an altitude	Groome
  Kirkstead Burn	Selkirkshire	Kirkstead Burn , stream, Yarrow par., Selkirkshire; rises on Black Law, and flows 4 miles SE. to the foot of St Mary	Bartholomew
  LEVENS	Westmorland	Kirkstead is supposed to occupy the site, and even to include some portions of a Roman temple dedicated to Diana	Imperial
  LINCOLN	Lincolnshire Nottinghamshire	Kirkstead. The deanery of Graffoo contains the rectories of Bassingham, Boultham, Doddington, South Hyckham, North Scarle, and Thorpe-on-the-Hill	Imperial
  LINCOLNSHIRE, or LINCOLN	Lincolnshire	Kirkstead, and goes northeastward to Horncastle; a line goes from Lincoln city south-westward, not far from the route of the Fosse	Imperial
  MARTIN	Lincolnshire	Kirkstead r. station, and 6½ WNW of Tattershall. Acres, 3,932. Real property, £6,878. Pop., 908. Houses	Imperial
  Martin Dales	Lincolnshire	Martin Dales , 1 mile from Kirkstead ry. sta., Lincolnshire; P.O.	Bartholomew
  SCAMPTON	Lincolnshire	Kirkstead abbey, and became a farm-house. A Roman villa was found in 1795. The living is a rectory in the diocese	Imperial
  Selkirkshire or Ettrick Forest	Selkirkshire	Kirkstead, Dryhope, Douglas, Mount Benger, Catslack, Deuchar, Lewinshope, and Hangingshaw Burns. The Ettrick, perhaps only second to the Yarrow in Scottish	Groome
  St Mary's Loch	Peebles Shire Selkirkshire	Kirkstead Burn are the chief of eight streams that enter it; and Yarrow Water issues from its foot. On either	Groome
  TIMBERLAND	Lincolnshire	Kirkstead r. station, and 9 NE by N of Sleaford; and has a post-office under Sleaford. Real property, £4,856. Pop., 589. Houses	Imperial
  Witham	Lincolnshire	past Grantham, Lincoln, Bardney, Kirkstead, and Boston, to the Wash near its confluence with the Welland; is 80 miles long.	Bartholomew
  WITHAM (The)	Lincolnshire Rutland	Kirkstead, and Boston, to the Wash, near the influx of the Welland. Its total length of run is about 80 miles	Imperial

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