name Westerham population 5,000 shire district Sevenoaks district Sevenoaks shire county Kent ... town WESTERHAM postcode district TN16 postcode area TN dial code 01959 os grid reference TQ445545 see also Feldkirchen WesterhamWesterham is a town and civil parishes in England civil parish in the Sevenoaks ..., and so Westerham means a westerly homestead . The River Darent flows through the town, and formerly powered three watermill s. History Image WesterhamKent.jpg thumb left 280px View of Westerham, Kent ca. 1831, from W. H. Ireland s History of Kent . There is evidence that the area around Westerham ... Harold the last Anglo Saxons Saxon King of England . The first Norman lord of Westerham was Eustace ... Henry III granted Westerham a market charter, making the new village a major player in the buying ... at Hoseyrigge in Westerham She was born at Westminster and when she died aged 82yrs a memorial service was held for at St Mar s Church. She was not buried in Westerham. Brian Higgins producer Brian ... and Penny Lane , John Lennon stopped into a Westerham antiques shop and purchased a poster for Pablo ..., Steve, A Hard Days Write 1994 . HarperCollins. ref Economy Westerham was home to the Black Eagle ... and is now used by the present day Westerham Brewery which was established in 2004 by Robert Wicks. ref cite web url http www.westerhambrewery.co.uk title Westerham Brewery Home Page publisher ..., ref cite web url http ratebeer.com brewers westerham 4890 title Westerham publisher ratebeer.com accessdate 2009 07 14 last first ref including Westerham British Bulldog . ref cite web url http ratebeer.com beer westerham british bulldog bb 36415 title Westerham British Bulldog BB from Westerham Ratebeer ... MP purchased Chartwell Chartwell Manor on the outskirts of Westerham, which, apart from the time ... of Sir Winston Churchill on the village green at Westerham. It was sculpted by Oscar Nemon ... from the B2026 from either Westerham to the north or from Edenbridge to the south. From the M25 ... more details
Infobox German Location Wappen Feldkirchen Westerham Wappen.png lat deg 47 lat min 54 lon deg 11 lon min 51 Lageplan Feldkirchen Westerham in RO.svg Bundesland Bayern Regierungsbezirk Oberbayern Landkreis Rosenheim H he 551 Fl che 52.24 PLZ 83620 Vorwahl 08063, 08062 small Vagen small Kfz RO Gemeindeschl ssel 09 1 87 130 Adresse Ollinger Str. 10 br 83620 Feldkirchen Website http feldkirchen westerham.de feldkirchen westerham.de B rgermeister Bernhard Schweiger Partei CSU Feldkirchen Westerham is a Municipalities of Germany municipality in the Rosenheim district district of Rosenheim , in Bavaria , Germany . It is situated 22 km west of Rosenheim . Cities and towns in Rosenheim district References Reflist Category Rosenheim district Rosenheimdistrict geo stub de Feldkirchen Westerham eo Feldkirchen Westerham fr Feldkirchen Westerham id Feldkirchen Westerham it Feldkirchen Westerham lmo Feldkirchen Westerham nl Feldkirchen Westerham pl Feldkirchen Westerham pt Feldkirchen Westerham ro Feldkirchen Westerham ru sr vi Feldkirchen Westerham vo Feldkirchen Westerham war Feldkirchen Westerham ... more details
Infobox UK disused station name Westerham gridref TQ448544 image Image Westerham Railway Station.jpg ... locale Westerham owner Southern Railway Great Britain Southern Railway br Southern Region of British ... The Westerham Valley Branch Line Westerham branch in relation to other railway lines in Kent Westerham railway station served the village of Westerham in Kent from 1881 until its closure in 1961. History ... meant that the emphasis was on radial routes from the capital. However in 1881 the Westerham Valley Railway Company built the Westerham Valley Branch Line from the South Eastern Main Line at Dunton Green railway station Dunton Green to Westerham with one intermediate station at Brasted railway station ... sb sites stations w westerham index.shtml Subterranean Britannica s page on Westerham railway .... ref name subbrit The Westerham Valley Railway Association had succeeded in obtaining a lease of Westerham Station from British Rail in April 1962 and had carried out maintenance works. However ... 1967, with construction of the motorway commencing in 1976. ref Gould, D., Westerham Valley Railway , Locomotion Papers no. 72, The Oakwood Press, Blandford, 1974, p. 28 29. ref Present day The Westerham ... of British Railways British Rail br Southern Region br small Westerham Valley Branch Line Westerham branch small col 10971E end Gallery gallery Image Westerham Railway Station 2.jpg The Flyers Way Image Westerham Railway Station 1.jpg Base of the goods yard crane Image Westerham Railway Station 3.jpg The Flyer s Way Industrial Estate Image Westerham Railway Station 4.jpg Trackbed and embankment going east from the station Image Westerham Railway Station 5.jpg Trackbed passing through nearby ... References reflist External links http www.subbrit.org.uk sb sites stations w westerham index.shtml Westerham railway station on Subterranea Britannica http www.npemap.org.uk tiles map.html 544,154,1 Westerham station on navigable 1940 O. S. map coord 51.27036 N 0.07431 E region GB source enwiki ... more details
more footnotes date February 2012 Railway line header BS header Westerham Valley Branch Line BS table BS exKBHFa Westerham railway station Westerham BS exHST Brasted railway station Brasted BS exHST Chevening ... station Dunton Green BS South Eastern Main Line Image Kent Railways.svg thumb right The Westerham branch in relation to other railway lines in Kent The Westerham Valley Branch Line was a short rail transport railway branch line in Kent that connected Westerham , Brasted and Chevening, Kent Chevening ... km . History Image Westerham Railway Station.jpg 200px thumb left Westerham Station in c1902 Authorisation ... one from Dunton Green via Brasted to Westerham, and phase two covering the 4 miles from Westerham ... House of Commons and in part to the wet and marshy terrain between Westerham and Oxted. ref ... was authorised on 24 July 1876 and the Westerham Valley Railway Company was formed to oversee its ... 1881. Initially, the service ran only from Westerham railway station Westerham to Dunton Green railway ... of the line was transferred to the South Eastern Railway in August 1881 at which point the Westerham ... and Dover Railway LCDR to form the South Eastern and Chatham Railway SECR . In 1923, the Westerham ... and Westerham to Sevenoaks , and as train fares rose dramatically from 1938, passenger numbers ... to 150 per passenger. One of the last trains to run was the Westerham Flyer , a SECR H Class ... Westerham Valley Railway Association Image Westerham Flyer 1963.jpg frame right Flyer distributed by the Westerham Valley Railway Association in c1963 In 1962, the Westerham Valley Railway Association , born of a merger between two local interest groups, the Westerham Branch Railway Passengers Association and the Westerham Valley Railway Society , began to investigate the possibility of re opening ... which were now over subscribed following the closure of the Westerham branch. In July 1962, British Railways granted a lease of Westerham Station building, which became the Headquarters of the Association ... more details
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the Westerham Branch. In 1964 the Kent County Council had demanded from the Westerham Valley ...., Westerham Valley Railway , Locomotion Papers no. 72, The Oakwood Press, Blandford, 1974, p. 31. ref ... p38430382.html Westerham branch the site of Chevening Halt. ref Disused ... Brasted route Southern Region of British Railways British Rail br Southern Region br small Westerham Valley Branch Line Westerham branch small col 10971E end Gallery gallery Image Chevening Halt Station ... site to where the bridge would have been constructed gallery Other stations Westerham railway station Westerham Brasted railway station Brasted Dunton Green railway station Dunton Green References reflist ... more details
Chartwell may refer to Chartwell , near Westerham, Kent, England, the former home of Sir Winston Churchill Chartwell, Waikato , a suburb in north eastern Hamilton, New Zealand Chartwell, Wellington, a suburb of Wellington City , New Zealand Chartwell, Gauteng , a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa See also lookfrom Chartwell Disambiguation ... more details
Image King George s Field TQ4454 089.jpg 192px right thumb Westerham Image Kinggeorgespark sittingbourne.jpg 192px right thumb Sittingbourne KGVF country England header Kent rows kgvf row Costells Meadow, Westerham King George V Playing Field TQ449542 10 external kgvf row Park Avenue, Sittingbourne King George V Playing Field external Expand list date August 2008 King George V Fields in the United Kingdom Category King George s Fields Category Kent related lists King George V Playing Fields ... more details
Nizel Rivers 1614 &ndash 11 January 1695 was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England House of Commons in 1660. Rivers was the son of Rivers Baronets Sir John Rivers, 1st Baronet of Chafford, Westerham, Kent where he was baptised on 19 May 1614. He was educated at Westerham, and admitted to Christ s College, Cambridge on 10 May 1628. He was awarded BA in 1632. ref name Venn Venn id RVRS628N name Rivers, Nizel ref In 1660, Rivers was elected Member of Parliament for Lewes UK Parliament constituency Lewes in the Convention Parliament 1660 Convention Parliament . ref Rayment hc l 2 date March 2012 ref Rivers lived at Oakham, near Lewes and died at the age of 80. References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Rivers, Nizel ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Member of Parliament of England DATE OF BIRTH 1614 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 11 January 1695 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Rivers, Nizel Category 1614 births Category 1695 deaths Category Members of the Parliament of England pre 1707 Category People from Westerham Category Alumni of Christ s College, Cambridge Category People from Lewes ... more details
Feldolling is a village in the municipality Feldkirchen Westerham in the Rosenheim district district of Rosenheim , in Bavaria , Germany . It is situated 22 km west of Rosenheim and about 45 km south of Munich . Rosenheimdistrict geo stub coord 47 53 45 N 11 51 23 E region DE type city display title Category Rosenheim district de Feldolling nl Feldolling ... more details
infobox UK place country England region London official name Aperfield latitude 51.3069 longitude 0.0448 os grid reference TQ425585 london borough Bromley post town WESTERHAM postcode district TN16 postcode area TN dial code 01959 population constituency westminster Orpington UK Parliament constituency Orpington Aperfield is a locality in the London Borough of Bromley in London , UK . It is located near Biggin Hill and Berry s Green and forms part of the Westerham post town and the TN postcode area TN16 postcode area. The name has its first recorded use in 1242 as Apeldrefeld and means field where apple trees grow . ref Mills, A., Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names , 2001 ref References reflist Nearest places Biggin Hill Cudham LB Bromley Category Districts of London Category Districts of Bromley london geo stub ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Thomas Turney 1800 &mdash 3 April 1887 was an England English cricket er who played for Kent County Cricket Club Kent . He was born and died in Westerham . Turney made a single first class appearance for the side, during the 1828 season, against Surrey County Cricket Club Surrey . From the tailend, he scored a duck in the first innings in which he batted, and 7 runs in the second. External links http cricketarchive.com Archive Players 37 37836 37836.html Thomas Turney at Cricket Archive Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Turney, Thomas ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION English cricketer DATE OF BIRTH 1800 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1887 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Turney, Thomas Category 1800 births Category 1887 deaths Category English cricketers Category Kent cricketers Category People from Westerham England cricket bio 1800s stub ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Infobox UK place country England official name Chipstead static image static image caption latitude 51.285250 longitude 0.149050 population civil parish Chevening, Kent Chevening shire district Sevenoaks district Sevenoaks shire county Kent region South East England constituency westminster post town postcode district postcode area dial code os grid reference Chipstead is a small village in the parish of Chevening, Kent Chevening , near Sevenoaks , Kent and just off the A21 road England A21 and A25 road A25 roads. It is rapidly becoming part of the built up area of Sevenoaks . It is also within a short distance of the M25 motorway , though not visible from it. Although small in size, it has various attractions and features, including traditional southern English village architecture and a large lake. The village has two public houses the http www.georgeanddragonchipstead.com George and Dragon , a 16th Century Coaching Inn on the High Street, and the http www.the bricklayers arms.co.uk Bricklayers Arms on Chevening Road opposite the lake. Chipstead Lake also known as Longford Lake is man made, the result of gravel extraction during the 20th century. It has an area of 30 hectares 74 acres and is used for angling by http www.holmesdale.acs.btinternet.co.uk waters.htm Homesdale Angling Society sailing by http www.chipsteadsc.org.uk home csc.asp Chipstead Sailing Club Chipstead was served by Chevening Halt railway station on the Westerham Valley Branch Line running between Westerham and Dunton Green it opened in 1881 and closed in 1961. The closest railway station is now Sevenoaks railway station Sevenoaks . Chipstead village is now served by the 401 Sevenoaks Westerham bus and the 452 Sevenoaks Station Circular commuter bus. Chipstead is a comfortable, quiet community. There is a thriving residents association, which has voiced opinions over issues such as traffic control in the area. External links http www.cheveningparishcouncil.gov.uk ... more details
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Sundridge and Ide Hill is a civil parish in the Sevenoaks district Sevenoaks District of Kent , England . It is located in the River Darenth Darenth valley and lies between Sevenoaks and Westerham . The parish contains the two villages, Sundridge, Kent Sundridge and Ide Hill , and is in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty , within London s Metropolitan Green Belt . The parish, created in 1894, is one of the oldest in the country. Between the two villages is Emmetts Garden, a National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty National Trust property. External links http www.sundridgewithidehillpc.kentparishes.gov.uk Parish Council website http www.ide hill.co.uk Ide Hill Local Information Sevenoaks coord 51.2783 0.1275 display title region GB format dms Category Civil parishes in Kent Category Sevenoaks Kent geo stub ... more details
Feldkirchen may refer to Places in Austria Feldkirchen in K rnten , in Carinthia Feldkirchen bei Mattighofen Feldkirchen an der Donau Feldkirchen bei Graz Feldkirchen district , the district that surrounds Feldkirchen in K rnten Germany Feldkirchen, Upper Bavaria , in the district of Munich, Bavaria Feldkirchen, Lower Bavaria , in the district of Straubing Bogen, Bavaria Feldkirchen Westerham , in the district of Rosenheim, Bavaria Other SV Feldkirchen , an Austrian football club See also Feldkirch disambiguation disambig geo Category Austro Bavarian toponyms bs Feldkirchen vor de Feldkirchen eo Feldkirchen fr Feldkirchen it Feldkirchen nl Feldkirchen ro Feldkirchen ru ... more details
File Quebec House, Quebec Square, Westerham, Kent geograph.org.uk 1296826.jpg thumb Quebec House Quebec House is the birthplace of General James Wolfe on what is now known as Quebec Square in Westerham , Kent . The brick home is located in residential neighbourhood surrounded by historic homes and more modern 20th Century housing. It is named after his victory at the Battle of Quebec 1759 Battle of Quebec , and the house s coach house contains an exhibition on the battle and on Wolfe s life. The house itself contains memorabilia on Wolfe s birth at the house on 2 January 1727, and his life and death. The coach house contains artifacts relating to the battle. Located near the intersection of Vicarage Hill, Bradsted Road and Hosey Hill, a blue plaque along the outer brick wall marks the entrance of the Wolfe s home. The house was originally built in the 16th century and named Spiers, ref http www.infobritain.co.uk Quebec House.htm ref though it was rebuilt in the 18th and 20th centuries. References reflist External links http www.nationaltrust.org.uk main w vh w visits w findaplace w quebechouse National Trust Quebec House http maps.google.com maps?f q&hl en&geocode &q Westerham&sll 52.48278,7.558594&sspn 25.217573,59.238281&ie UTF8&ll 51.267168,0.075917&spn 0.000787,0.001808&t h&z 19 Location on Google Maps coord 51.267160 N 0.075900 E type landmark display title Category 16th century architecture Category Grade I listed buildings in Kent Category Grade I listed houses Category Houses in Kent Category National Trust properties in Kent Category Buildings and structures in Sevenoaks Category History of Quebec City Category French and Indian War Category Historic house museums in Kent Category Military museums in England Category Biographical museums in the United Kingdom UK listed building stub UK historic house stub Kent struct stub ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Alexander McNeill Streatfeild Moore born Alexander McNeill Streatfeild ref name ca cite web url http www.cricketarchive.com Archive Players 33 33080 33080.html title CricketArchive player profile publisher CricketArchive accessdate 2008 10 14 ref 17 October 1863 &ndash 30 December 1940 was an English cricket er. In all, he played in seven first class cricket matches for Kent County Cricket Club between 1885 and 1888, scoring 127 Run cricket runs at an Batting average average of 9.07. ref name ca He also played for Charterhouse School and Sandhurst, whom he captained. ref name wisdenobit Upon his death in Newbury, Berkshire , the Wisden Cricketers Almanack described him as being a free hitting bat with good style ... a useful slow bowler and a brilliant fieldsman . ref name wisdenobit Born in Westerham , son of Alexander Streatfeild 1837 1887 and Helen McNeill, he was a member of the Streatfeild family, a well known family in Kent . ref name wisdenobit cite web url http content uk.cricinfo.com wisdenalmanack content story 229832.html title 1941 &ndash Obituaries in 1940 work Wisden Cricketers Almanack accessdate 2008 10 14 ref He was the first cousin of William Champion Streatfeild , bishop of Lewes and his grandmother, Hannah Fry, was the daughter of the prison reformer, Elizabeth Fry . He married his first cousin Evelyn Streatfeild b 1869 and had two sons Frank b 1918 and Thomas 1921 1945 . References Reflist External links cricinfo ref england content player 21079.html cricketarchive ref Archive Players 33 33080 33080.html Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Streatfeild Moore, Alexander ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION English cricketer DATE OF BIRTH 17 October 1863 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 30 December 1940 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Streatfeild Moore, Alexander Category 1863 births Category 1940 deaths Category Kent cricketers Category Old Carthusians Category People from Westerham Category English cricketers Categ ... more details
DESCRIPTION Actor DATE OF BIRTH 19 May 1904 PLACE OF BIRTH Westerham , Kent , England DATE OF DEATH ... educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford Category People from Westerham England film actor stub ... more details
infobox UK place map type Greater London country England latitude 51.383 longitude 0.162 official name Crockenhill population shire district Sevenoaks district Sevenoaks shire county Kent region South East England post town SWANLEY postcode area BR postcode district BR8 dial code 01322 os grid reference TQ504671 Crockenhill is a small village in Kent . In the first half of the twentieth century, it was an important area for growing peppermint . In the 1930s there were 420 acres 1.7 km under cultivation the last crop was harvested in 1958. There is also a village named Crockham Hill near Westerham . The village is home to a football club, Crockenhill F.C. , and boasts former player Tony Cascarino . Place name meaning Crockenhill is from Old English language Old English hyll hill with an unknown first element. Further reading Alan Major Major, Alan . Hidden Kent . Countryside Books, 1994. Current projects The village is currently creating a habitat for Badgers in harvest field which is on the southern edge of the village. Sport and leisure Crockenhill F.C. has a Non League football club Crockenhill F.C. who play at Wested Meadow. External links Commons category Crockenhill http www.crockenhillpc.org.uk Crockenhill parish council site Category Villages in Kent es Crockenhill nl Crockenhill pl Crockenhill ... more details
Crayford Engineering more commonly known simply as Crayford was an automobile coachbuilder based in Westerham , Kent , England and formed in 1962 by David McMullan and Jeffrey Smith. In the 1970s, a subdivision within the company, called Crayford Auto Developments, Ltd., was established for automobiles. The company specialized in converting European coupes coup s and sedans saloons into convertibles and station wagons estates . Notable products included the convertible Austin Mini Mini , BMC ADO16 BMC 1100 1300 convertible, the rare Triumph TR7 Tracer Estate, and a Leyland Princess hatchback conversion, a commonly accepted principle for a car that appeared to be, but was not, a hatchback to begin with. Other lesser known conversions from Crayford included the Tempest, a convertible Volkswagen Scirocco , a Ford Cortina MkV Convertible, and a Mercedes S Class Estate. No new vehicles have rolled out of Crayford s factory in at least 20 years. External links http www.austin rover.co.uk index.htm?crayindexf.htm List of Crayford s conversions of Austin, Morris, MG, Rover, and Triumph cars. http www.webcitation.org query?url http www.geocities.com conceptcarcentralunitedkingdom tempest&date 2009 10 25 17 50 34 1980 Crayford Tempest, a convertible Volkswagen Scirocco Category Coachbuilders of the United Kingdom Category Companies based in Kent manufacturing company stub de Crayford Engineering ... more details
infobox UK place country England official name Crockham Hill latitude 51.235973 longitude 0.064405 population shire district Sevenoaks district Sevenoaks shire county Kent region South East England constituency westminster Sevenoaks UK Parliament constituency Sevenoaks post town postcode area postcode district dial code os grid reference TQ442505 Crockham Hill is a village in the Sevenoaks district Sevenoaks district of Kent , England . It is about convert 3 mi km 0 south of Westerham , and Chartwell is nearby. The village street is on the line of a Roman road, the London to Lewes Way Roman road London to Lewes Way . ref name Margary I D Margary, Roman Ways in the Weald 1965 Phoenix House ref It contains a 19th century pub and church as well as being home to many famous figures such as the Churchill and Gladstone families as well as Lord Harris owner of Carpet Right and former home of Financial Services wide boy Sean Seany Robertson. cn date November 2011 References reflist External links Commons category inline Crockham Hill Sevenoaks Category Villages in Kent Category Sevenoaks Kent geo stub pl Crockham Hill ... more details
John Dicker March 30, 1815 March 30, 1895 was an England English cricket er who played for Kent County Cricket Club Kent . He was born in Cudham and died in Westerham . Dicker made two first class appearances for Kent in 1840, scoring one run in the first match, batting first as a tailender, and in the middle order, while in his second match for the team, he was promoted to second in the batting order, where he scored two runs in what is, to this day, one of the lowest totals in first class cricket for Kent. Four years later, Dicker played one further first class match in a Married v Single game, in which he scored four runs. Dicker died on his eightieth birthday. External links http cricketarchive.com Archive Players 36 36691 36691.html John Dicker at Cricket Archive Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Dicker, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION English cricketer DATE OF BIRTH March 30, 1815 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH March 30, 1895 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Dicker, John Category 1815 births Category 1895 deaths Category English cricketers Category Kent cricketers ta ... more details
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