[1] Lytchett Minster is home to a number of manor houses, one of which now hosts the local secondary school.

In 1890 Baronet and MP Sir Elliott Lees bought land in Dorset and moved into South Lytchett Manor.

In July 1942 Lieutenant Colonel Sir Francis Younghusband, explorer and spiritual writer, suffered a stroke.

[6] Lady Madeline Lees (née Pelly) was a passionate Christian with a desire to communicate the story of Jesus.

[8][4]: 24–25 [9] In the mid-1960s, Sir Thomas Lees and his wife, Lady Faith, started offering hospitality to people in need, accommodating up to 25 people at a time in their home and later expanding this community support using local homes they owned, to form the Post Green Community.

[9][4] The Post Green Community organized camps, retreats and seminars that attracted Christians from all over UK and abroad.