Mereworth

Also known as Mereworth, Kent

Mereworth ( ) is a village and civil parish near the town of Maidstone in Kent, England. The Wateringbury Stream flows through the village and powered a watermill, the site of which now lies within the grounds of Mereworth Castle.

Weather now

cached 503h ago

20°broken clouds

74% 0.5 m/s OpenWeatherMap

7-day forecast

via Open-Meteo

Place details

Locality: Tonbridge and Malling
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 0

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Key facts

UK place.country: England
UK place.official_name: Mereworth
UK place.static_image: Mereworth Church.jpg
UK place.static_image_width: 250px
UK place.static_image_caption: St Lawrence's Church, Mereworth
UK place.population: 1,068
UK place.population_ref: (2011 Census)
UK place.civil_parish: Mereworth
UK place.shire_district: Tonbridge and Malling
UK place.shire_county: Kent
UK place.region: South East England
UK place.constituency_westminster: Tonbridge
UK place.post_town: Maidstone
UK place.postcode_district: ME18
UK place.postcode_area: ME
UK place.os_grid_reference: TQ660537

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Population: 1068
Image: Mereworth, St Lawrence 1.jpg

Show 2 more facts

Commons category: Mereworth
OS grid reference: TQ660537

Sources (3)

via Wikidata · CC0

~2 min read

Article

5 sections

Contents

History
Notable people
See also
References
External links

==History== In the early 18th century the Honourable John Fane – later 7th Earl of Westmoreland – inherited the manor. He had the Palladian mansion built. Designed by Colen Campbell, Mereworth Castle then overlooked the village, so Fane had the village moved so that it could not be seen from the estate, about to the north west of its original location. He also demolished the church, providing the villagers with a new Palladian-style replacement, now dedicated to St Lawrence. Mereworth Church is a Grade I listed building.