LINSTEAD, a parish in the hundred of TEYNHAM, lathe of SCRAY, county of KENT, 3 miles (S. E.) from Sittingbourne, containing 890 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Canterbury, rated in the king's books at £8. 3. !!., and in the patronage of the Archdeacon of Canterbury. The church, dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, has lately received an addition of one hundred and fifty free sittings, the Incorporated Society for the enlargement of churches and chapels having granted £15 towards defraying the expense. A fair for horses and cattle is held at Green-street, in this parish, on May 12th. Bartholomew Fowle, the last prior of St. Mary Overie, was a native of this place, and received from it the additional name of Linstead.