Westerham
Westerham is a town and also 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 stated in the Domesday Book in a Norman form, Oistreham (compare Ouistreham in Normandy, Oistreham in 1086). Ham is Old English for a town or homestead, and so Westerham means a westerly homestead. The River Darent flows via the town, and also previously powered 3 watermills. Westerham was home to the Black Eagle Brewery, which was taken control of by Taylor Walker & Co in the 1950s, entering into Ind Coope in 1959 and closing in 1965. Yeast from the brewery was maintained at the National Collection of Yeast Societies as well as is currently used by the existing day Westerham Brewery which was developed in 2004 by Robert Wicks. The brewery creates a series of ales, consisting of Westerham British Bulldog. Westerham was home to Crayford Engineering, a successful car conversion firm, from 1962 to the 1980s, working from a workshop at Squerryes Mede.