Yelsted is a hamlet in the

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, in the county of

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. In 1800,

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noted that it was spelt ''Gillested''. It was a manor in the parish of Stockbury, the

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was owned by 'John de Savage', (grandson of 'Ralph de Savage', who was with King

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at the siege of Acon, France). Later, the house was passed to Sir

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(commissioner of his Majesty's navy at

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). His son, William Jumper, (esquire) and his wife Jane. After William died, the wife sold it in 1757, to the Rev. Pierce Dixon, master of the mathematicalfree school at Rochester. By 1800, another family relative of the 'Jumper's owned the house now called 'Hill Green House'. In 1870–72,

John Marius Wilson John Marius Wilson (c. 1805–1885) was a British writer and an editor, most notable for his gazetteers. The '' Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'' (published 1870–1872), was a substantial topographical dictionary in six volumes. It was ...

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described Yelsted like this: "YELSTED, a village in Stockbury parish, Kent; 7½ miles NE of Maidstone."

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Hamlets in Kent {{Kent-geo-stub