Meopham
| Meopham | ||||
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 Meophams parish church from the 14th century |
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| Basic data | ||||
| status | Village and Civil Parish | |||
| surface | 20.22 km² | |||
| population | 6722 (as of 2011) | |||
| Ceremony county | Kent | |||
| District | Borough of Gravesham | |||
| Constituency | Gravesham | |||
| Website: meopham.org | ||||
Meopham is a historic street village and civil parish with about 6700 inhabitants (as of 2011) in the north-western part of Kent in south-east England. It is located a few kilometers south of the Gravesend administrative center of the Borough of Gravesham along the A227 road .
The village was first mentioned as Meapaham (Meapa's village) in 788, during the reign of King Offa of Mercien .
In the 14th century, Archbishop (1327–1332) Simon von Meopham († 1333) founded the church as part of an Augustinian canon . The church St John the Baptist was built in the 1320s in place of an older church. It is an Anglican church building and classified as a Grade I cultural monument .
Web links
Commons : Meopham - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ Parishes: Meopham
- ^ CW Golding-Bird, The History of Meopham , Williams & Norgate Ltd, London 1934
- ^ Welcome to St John the Baptist, Meopham , www.stjohnsmeopham.co.uk
- ^ Parish Church of St John the Baptist, Meopham
Coordinates: 51 ° 22 ′ N , 0 ° 22 ′ E