Westerham is a town and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. The parish is located below the North Downs, west of Sevenoaks town. It covers 5800 acres (2320ha) and has a population of approximately 5000 persons. It lies about ten miles west of Sevenoaks in Kent, England. It has been recorded at least as early as the ninth century and was mentioned in the Domesday Book in a Norman form, Oistreham (compare Ouistreham in Normandy). Ham is an Old English word meaning a village or homestead, and so Westerham is literally a westerly homestead. The River Darent flows through the town, and formerly powered three watermill. There is much evidence that the area around Westerham has been settled for thousands of years: finds such as a Celtic fortification (c 2000 BC) and a Roman road are close by. The manor was originally run by Godwin, Earl of Kent and later by his son Harold the last Saxon King of England. The first Norman lord of Westerham was Eustace II of Boulogne. By 1227 Henry III granted Westerham a market charter, making the new village a major player in the buying and selling of cattle in Kent, a tradition that survived right up to 1961 when the last cattle market was held. Over the centuries new families moved into the village, including the Warde family, who have lived at Squerryes Court since 1731. The Wardes still live there today: and their home is a tourist attraction. More on Westerham 

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