Westerham
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Westerham is a town and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. It is located 3.4 miles east of Oxted and 6 miles west of Sevenoaks, adjacent to the Kent border with both Greater London and Surrey. It is recorded as early as the 9th century, and was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 in a Norman form, Oistreham (compare Ouistreham in Normandy, Oistreham in 1086). Hām is Old English for a village or homestead, and so Westerham means a westerly homestead. The River Darent flows through the town, and formerly powered three watermills. The total population in 2021 was 4,498.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Westerham.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- A view across Westerham Green
- UK place.official_name
- Westerham
- UK place.population
- 4,498
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Westerham
- UK place.shire_district
- Sevenoaks
- UK place.shire_county
- Kent
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Sevenoaks
- UK place.post_town
- WESTERHAM
- UK place.postcode_district
- TN16
- UK place.postcode_area
- TN
- UK place.dial_code
- 01959
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TQ445545
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Westerham è un paese di 5.000 abitanti della contea del Kent, in Inghilterra. Nel 1727 vi nacque il generale James Wolfe.
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