Halstead, Kent

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

Related Topics:
Kent - England - Orpington - Sevenoaks

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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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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 was adjacent to the railway line.

Related Topics:
Edith Nesbit - The Railway Children

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