Westerham
Westerham is a town as well as 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 stated in the Domesday Book in a Norman form, Oistreham (contrast Ouistreham in Normandy, Oistreham in 1086). Ham is Old English for a village or homestead, therefore Westerham suggests a western homestead. The River Darent moves through the community, and also previously powered 3 watermills. Westerham was house to the Black Eagle Brewery, which was taken over 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 currently used by the present 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 auto conversion business, from 1962 to the 1980s, functioning from a workshop at Squerryes Mede.
