MINSTEAD
"MINSTEAD, (or Minestead), a parish in the hundreds of Redbridge and
Thorngate, Romsey division of the county of Hants, 2½ miles N. of
Lyndhurst, its post town, and 5 W. of Redbridge railway station. The
parish, which is situated in the New Forest, contains the tythings of
London-Minstead, Canterton, and Cadnam, near Malwood Castle; also Stoney
Cross, where William Rufus was shot. A triangular stone, about 5 feet in
height, erected in 1745 by John Lord De la Warre, commemorates the place
where formerly stood the oak tree from which Tyrrell's arrow glanced. The
soil is clayey, but fertile. The tithes have been commuted for a
rent-charge of £399 15s."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of
Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
[Last updated: 4th August 2003 - Brian Pears]
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