Westerham
Westerham is a community and also 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, as well as 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 implies a westerly homestead. The River Darent streams via the community, and previously powered three watermills. Westerham was house to the Black Eagle Brewery, which was taken control of by Taylor Walker & Co in the 1950s, becoming part of Ind Coope in 1959 and also closing in 1965. Yeast from the brewery was preserved at the National Collection of Yeast Societies and is currently used by the existing day Westerham Brewery which was established in 2004 by Robert Wicks. The brewery produces a series of ales, including Westerham British Bulldog. Westerham was home to Crayford Engineering, an effective automobile conversion business, from 1962 to the 1980s, functioning from a workshop at Squerryes Mede.
