In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Yelsted like this:

YELSTED, a village in Stockbury parish, Kent; 7½ miles NE of Maidstone.

Yelsted through time

Yelsted is now part of MAIDSTONE District. Click here for graphs and data of how MAIDSTONE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Yelsted itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Yelsted, in Maidstone and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26510

Date accessed: 09th April 2026


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