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Meopham (pronounced Mepp-um) occurs as big village 5 miles south of Gravesend, in Kent and is part of Gravesham Borough.
These are linear withinside shape, stretch a A227 road, & is typically known as a yearn village in England. Inside a parish come quaternary village greens, Meopham Green, Culverstone Green, Hook Green and Harvel Green. In Meopham Green occurs as cricket pitch, on which a game has been played for centuries; nearby is Meopham Windmill, built inside 1801 & in 2005 restored to to the full working the correct sequence.
There are 2 parish churches: a independent parish church of St John's & St Mildred's Church inside Nurstead, another time the separate parish however okay, a share of Meopham. A Catholic church of St Paul opened around 1965.
the village has the railroad station & a big united states park at Camer.
Far-famed residents keep around involved Simon de Mepham, Archbishop of Canterbury (1327-1332); and them John Tradescants, father and boy, plant scientist.
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