We could not match "MINSTEAD" 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 15 possible matches we have found for you:

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  Unit Name	Type of Unit	Containing Unit (and Type)
  MINSTEAD LG_Ward	Parish-level Unit	KIRKBY UD (Local Government District)

  It may also be worth using "sound-alike" and wildcard searching to find units with names similar to your search term:
  
  



• 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 "MINSTEAD":

  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  Alum Green		Alum Green , tract, Minstead par., New Forest dist., S. Hants, 8 miles NW. of Lymington.	Bartholomew
  Cadnam		Cadnam , hamlet, Minstead and Eling pars., S. Hants, 4 miles N. of Lyndhurst; P.O.	Bartholomew
  CADNAM		CADNAM , a tything in Minstead parish, Hants; 6½ miles SW of Romsey. Pop., 154.	Imperial
  Canterton		Canterton , tithing, Minstead par., S. Hants, Similes SW. of Romsey.	Bartholomew
  CANTERTON		tything in Minstead parish, Hants; 8½ miles SW of Romsey. Real property, with Fritham, £1,346. Pop., 38.	Imperial
  EMERY-DOWN		Minstead parish, Hants; near Lyndhurst. It was constituted in 1864. Pop., 550. The living is a vicarage. Value, £30.	Imperial
  FOREST (New)		Minstead, and Bramshaw-the last partly in Wilts electorally and parts of the extra-parochial tracts of Denny-Lodge-Walk	Imperial
  Fritham		Fritham , hamlet, Minstead par., S. Hants, 8 miles SW. of Romsey.	Bartholomew
  FRITHAM		FRITHAM , a tything in Minstead parish, Hants; 8 miles SW of Romsey.	Imperial
  LYNDHURST		Minstead, in the diocese of Winchester. The church is modern; occupies the site of an ancient one, rebuilt by George	Imperial
  Minestead		Minestead , 2½ miles NW. of Lyndhurst, Hants; P.O. See MINSTEAD.	Bartholomew
  Minstead		Minstead , par. and vil., Hants, in New Forest, 2½ miles NW. of Lyndhurst, 10,246 ac., pop. 880; P.O., called	Bartholomew
  MINSTEAD		Minstead, London-Minstead, Cadnam, Canterton, and Fritham, and part of Emery-Down; also the whole of Bolderwood Walk, comprising 5,400 acres	Imperial
  REDBRIDGE		Eling, Bramshaw, and Minstead:and is in Romsey division. Acres, 44,086. Pop. in 1851, 9, 945. Houses, 1, 931.	Imperial

  It may also be worth using "sound-alike" and wildcard searching to find names similar to your search term:
  
  



• Place-names also appear in our collection of British travel writing. If the place-name you are interested in appears in our simplified list of "places", the search you have just done should lead you to mentions by travellers. However, many other places are mentioned, including places outside Britain and weird mis-spellings. You can search for them in the Travel Writing section of this site.



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