18 Jan
Hardwood doors
Mitcham - CR4
Enquiry from: David C
Start Date: Immediate
Westerham
Westerham is a community and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England, situated 5 miles (8 km) 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 western homestead. The River Darent flows via the town, as well as previously powered 3 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 enclosing 1965. Yeast from the brewery was preserved at the National Collection of Yeast Societies and is now used by the existing day Westerham Brewery which was developed in 2004 by Robert Wicks. The brewery generates a variety of ales, consisting of Westerham British Bulldog. Westerham was home to Crayford Engineering, an effective cars and truck conversion business, from 1962 to the 1980s, functioning from a workshop at Squerryes Mede.
