Westerham
Westerham is a community and civil parish in the Sevenoaks Area of Kent, England, situated 5 miles (8 kilometres) west of Sevenoaks. It is recorded as early as the 9th century, and also was discussed in the Domesday Book in a Norman type, Oistreham (compare Ouistreham in Normandy, Oistreham in 1086). Ham is Old English for a town or homestead, therefore Westerham indicates a westerly homestead. The River Darent flows via the community, and previously powered 3 watermills. Westerham was residence to the Black Eagle Brewery, which was taken control of by Taylor Walker & Co in the 1950s, entering into Ind Coope in 1959 and also enclosing 1965. Yeast from the brewery was protected at the National Collection of Yeast Cultures as well as is now used by the existing day Westerham Brewery which was established in 2004 by Robert Wicks. The brewery creates a variety of ales, including Westerham British Bulldog. Westerham was house to Crayford Engineering, a successful auto conversion firm, from 1962 to the 1980s, working from a workshop at Squerryes Mede.
