Westerham
Westerham is a town and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England, located 5 miles (8 km) west of Sevenoaks. It is recorded as early as the 9th century, and also was stated in the Domesday Book in a Norman type, Oistreham (compare Ouistreham in Normandy, Oistreham in 1086). Ham is Old English for a village or homestead, and so Westerham means a western homestead. The River Darent streams via the town, as well as previously powered 3 watermills. Westerham was residence to the Black Eagle Brewery, which was taken over by Taylor Walker & Co in the 1950s, becoming part of Ind Coope in 1959 and also closing in 1965. Yeast from the brewery was protected at the National Collection of Yeast Societies as well as is currently used by the existing day Westerham Brewery which was established in 2004 by Robert Wicks. The brewery generates a series of ales, including Westerham British Bulldog. Westerham was residence to Crayford Engineering, an effective cars and truck conversion company, from 1962 to the 1980s, functioning from a workshop at Squerryes Mede.