HALSTOW (HIGH), a parish in the hundred of
Hoo, lathe of AYLESFORD, county of KENT, 5 miles
(N. N. E.) from Rochester, containing 350 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese
of Rochester, rated in the king's books at £ 14. 5. 7 ,
and in the patronage of the Rev. B. Burt. The church
is dedicated to St. Margaret.