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Encyclopedia > Halstead, Kent

Halstead is a village in Kent, England located approximately 3 miles south of Orpington and 4 miles north of Sevenoaks.


The name Halstead is derived from the Old English hald (refuge, shelter) and stede (site, place), meaning 'safe place' or 'place of refuge'.


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Halstead - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (257 words)
Halstead is a rural town located in Essex, England, near Colchester and Sudbury.
Halstead has been home to several well-known authors, such as J.
The local Halstead Town Football Club are in the Eastern Counties Football League Premier Division.
Halstead, Kent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (267 words)
Halstead is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England.
Author Edith Nesbit spent some of her adolescence in Halstead during the 1870s and her book The Railway Children is thought to be based on her time living in a house, Halstead Hall, the garden of which is near the railway line.
The village of Halstead, Kent, is included in Hasted's "The History of Kent" pp319 to322.
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