Westerham
Westerham is a town and civil parish in the Sevenoaks Area of Kent, England, situated 5 miles (8 km) west of Sevenoaks. It is recorded as early as the 9th century, and also was pointed out 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 moves with the town, as well as formerly powered 3 watermills. Westerham was home to the Black Eagle Brewery, which was taken over by Taylor Walker & Co in the 1950s, entering into Ind Coope in 1959 as well as closing in 1965. Yeast from the brewery was maintained at the National Collection of Yeast Cultures and is currently used by the existing day Westerham Brewery which was developed in 2004 by Robert Wicks. The brewery produces a range of ales, including Westerham British Bulldog. Westerham was house to Crayford Engineering, a successful vehicle conversion company, from 1962 to the 1980s, functioning from a workshop at Squerryes Mede.