Meopham
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| OS grid reference: | TQ645655 | |
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| District: | Gravesham | |
| Shire county: | Kent | |
| Region: | South East England | |
| Constituent country: | England | |
| Sovereign state: | United Kingdom | |
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| Ceremonial county: | Kent | |
| Historic county: | Kent | |
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| Police force: | Kent Police | |
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| Ambulance: | South East Coast | |
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| Post town: | GRAVESEND | |
| Postal district: | DA13 | |
| Dialling code: | 01474 | |
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| European Parliament: | South East England | |
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Meopham (IPA: ['mɛpəm]) is a large village and civil parish in Gravesham, Kent, England. The parish lies to the south of Gravesend. Within the parish are four villages: Meopham Green, Culverstone Green, Hook Green and Harvel. Meopham, Hook Green and Harvel retain their village greens.
It is linear in shape, stretching along the A227 road, and is often called the longest village in England. On Meopham Green is a cricket pitch, on which the game has been played for centuries; nearby is Meopham Windmill, built in 1801 and in 2005 restored to full working order.
There are two parish churches: the main parish church of St. John the Baptist, and St. Mildred's Church in Nurstead, once a separate parish but now part of Meopham, and where the medieval house Nurstead Court is located. The Catholic church of St. Paul opened in 1965.
The village has a railway station and a large country park at Camer.
Famous residents have included Simon de Mepham, Archbishop of Canterbury (1327-1332), and John Tradescant the elder and his son of the same name, botanists.
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Chalk • Cobham • Coldharbour • Culverstone Green • Ebbsfleet• Harvel • Higham • Hook Green • Istead Rise • Luddesdown / Luddesdowne • Meopham • Meopham Green • Milton-next-Gravesend • Northfleet • Painters Ash • Riverview • Singlewell • Shorne • Springhead • Thong • Vigo • Westcourt • Whitehill • Woodlands |
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| The district of Gravesham List of places in Kent |
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