Westerham
Westerham is a town as well as civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England, located 5 miles (8 kilometres) west of Sevenoaks. It is recorded as early as the 9th century, as well as was mentioned in the Domesday Book in a Norman kind, Oistreham (compare Ouistreham in Normandy, Oistreham in 1086). Ham is Old English for a village or homestead, therefore Westerham means a westerly homestead. The River Darent moves through the town, as well as formerly powered three watermills. Westerham was house 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 enclosing 1965. Yeast from the brewery was preserved at the National Collection of Yeast Cultures as well as is now used by the existing day Westerham Brewery which was developed in 2004 by Robert Wicks. The brewery produces a variety of ales, including Westerham British Bulldog. Westerham was residence to Crayford Engineering, a successful vehicle conversion company, from 1962 to the 1980s, working from a workshop at Squerryes Mede.
