# Milstead > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Milstead > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Milstead.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milstead > Source revision: 1337144563 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Village in Kent, England For other uses, see [Milstead (disambiguation)](/source/Milstead_(disambiguation)). Human settlement in England Milstead Milstead in the Spring Milstead Location within Kent Population 283 (2011 Census)[1] District Swale Shire county Kent Region South East Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town Sittingbourne Postcode district ME9 Police Kent Fire Kent Ambulance South East Coast UK Parliament Sittingbourne and Sheppey List of places UK England Kent 51°17′49″N 0°43′47″E / 51.297°N 0.7296°E / 51.297; 0.7296 **Milstead** is a village and civil parish in the borough of [Swale](/source/Borough_of_Swale) in [Kent](/source/Kent), England. It is surrounded by the villages of [Frinsted](/source/Frinsted), [Wichling](/source/Wichling), [Doddington](/source/Doddington%2C_Kent) and [Lynsted](/source/Lynsted) in Kent, England. It is the southernmost parish in the [Sittingbourne](/source/Sittingbourne) area, and is approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) from Sittingbourne town centre, just south of the [M2 motorway](/source/M2_motorway_(Great_Britain)). The village sign According to [Edward Hasted](/source/Edward_Hasted) in 1798, "the parish is but small, containing about 800 acres (320 ha) of land, of which about 50 acres (20 ha) acres are woodland." He refers to it as 'Milsted'. The parish was under the dominion of the Manor of [Milton Regis](/source/Milton_Regis) in the reign of [Edward I](/source/Edward_I).[2] In 1870-72, according to [John Marius Wilson](/source/John_Marius_Wilson)'s [Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales](/source/Imperial_Gazetteer_of_England_and_Wales), the parish comprised 1,216 acres (492 ha). Its population was 245 and it had 43 houses.[3] Within the village is the [Grade II listed](/source/Grade_II_listed) Church of St Mary and the Holy Cross,[4] within the diocese of [Canterbury](/source/Canterbury), and deanery of Sittingborne.[2] The village now contains around 80 houses and cottages of which nine are listed buildings, including 'Milstead Manor'.[5] On 27 September 1940 at 12.25pm, during the [Battle of Britain](/source/Battle_of_Britain), a [Hawker Hurricane](/source/Hawker_Hurricane) from [242 Squadron RAF](/source/No._242_Squadron_RAF), piloted by Flying Officer Michael Homer, crashed into a [thatched](/source/Thatching) cottage in the village, after being badly damaged by a [Messerschmitt Bf 109](/source/Messerschmitt_Bf_109). Flying Officer Homer flew with 242 Squadron based at [RAF Duxford](/source/RAF_Duxford), commanded by [Douglas Bader](/source/Douglas_Bader). Homer's body was taken from the wreck and buried in Godlingston Cemetery, [Swanage](/source/Swanage), Dorset. His family planted a tree and mounted a plaque in his memory at the crash site. A memorial near Simel House, Minching Wood, which was unveiled in November 2007, is included as part of annual [Remembrance Day](/source/Remembrance_Day) services in the village.[6][7][8][9] The village has a reasonably large village hall [10] which holds meetings for many clubs, such as woodturning and yoga, and also a monthly market. There is a village pub, the Red Lion,[11] and a village school, 'Milstead and Frinsted Church of England Primary School'.[12] The village once had a small post office, but it was closed and became a private house. ## See also - [Listed buildings in Milstead](/source/Listed_buildings_in_Milstead) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Civil Parish population 2011"](http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11126584&c=Milstead&d=16&e=62&g=6438896&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1474477688547&enc=1). *Neighbourhood Statistics*. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 21 September 2016. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-hasted_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-hasted_2-1) Hasted, Edward (1798). ["Parishes"](http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62950). *The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent*. **65**. Institute of Historical Research: 107–112. Retrieved 3 March 2014. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Milstead, Kent"](http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6361). Retrieved 3 March 2014. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Church of St Mary and the Holy Cross, Milstead"](http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-176335-church-of-st-mary-and-the-holy-cross-mil). *www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk*. Retrieved 3 March 2014. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Milstead Manor, Milstead"](http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-176325-milstead-manor-milstead-kent). *www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk*. Retrieved 3 March 2014. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [Search for family of wartime pilot](http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/districts/purbeck/1025160.Search_for_family_of_wartime_pilot/?ref=arc) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Battle of Britain hero recalled at crash site"](https://web.archive.org/web/20141103125425/http://www.courier.co.uk/Battle-Britain-hero-recalled-crash-site/story-11998520-detail/story.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.courier.co.uk/Battle-Britain-hero-recalled-crash-site/story-11998520-detail/story.html) on 3 November 2014. Battle of Britain hero recalled at crash site 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [Help needed for info on a 242 Squadron Pilot](http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234948207-help-needed-for-info-on-a-242-squadron-pilot/) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** *Remembrance Sunday, Parish News of the united benefice of Wormshill, Frinsted, Bicknor, Bredgar and Milstead*, October 2014. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Geograph:: Milstead Village Hall © David Anstiss"](https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1461609). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Pub, Restaurant, food, Sittingbourne"](http://theredlionmilstead.co.uk/). *theredlionmilstead.co.uk*. Retrieved 9 July 2025. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["Milstead and Frinsted Church of England Primary School, Academy (Including Free Schools) in Sittingbourne | RM School Finder"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140304030246/http://home.rm.com/SchoolFinder/Search-Result/8863110/Sittingbourne/Milstead-and-Frinsted-Church-of-England-Primary-School.aspx). Archived from [the original](http://home.rm.com/SchoolFinder/Search-Result/8863110/Sittingbourne/Milstead-and-Frinsted-Church-of-England-Primary-School.aspx) on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014. ## External links Media related to [Milstead](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Milstead) at Wikimedia Commons v t e Towns and villages in the Borough of Swale in Kent, England Unparished areas Halfway Houses Sittingbourne and Milton Civil parishes Badlesmere Bapchild Bobbing Borden Boughton under Blean Bredgar Doddington Dunkirk Eastchurch Eastling Faversham Graveney with Goodnestone Hartlip Hernhill Iwade Leaveland Leysdown Lower Halstow Lynsted with Kingsdown Milstead Minster-on-Sea Newington Newnham Norton, Buckland and Stone Oare Ospringe Queenborough Rodmersham Selling Sheerness Sheldwich Stalisfield Teynham Throwley Tonge Tunstall Upchurch Warden Other settlements Bay View Brogdale Chestnut Street Conyer Danaway Dargate Davington Denstroude Elmley Goodnestone Graveney Harty Heart's Delight, Swale Highsted Kemsley Keycol Kingsdown Luddenham Lynsted Milton Regis Minster Mockbeggar Murston Norton Oad Street Oversland Painters Forstal Rushenden Shellness Uplees Waterham Whitehill List of places in Kent --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Milstead](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milstead) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milstead?action=history)). 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