Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Meopham (or Meffam)

Meopham (or Meffam), par. and vil. with ry. sta. (1½ mile N.), Kent, 6 miles W. of Rochester and 26 miles SE. of London, 4713 ac., pop. 1220; P.O., T.O.; the church was rebuilt by Simon de Meopham, Archbishop of Canterbury (1327-1333), who was a native.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Meopham CP/AP       Kent AncC
Place names: MEFFAM     |     MEOPHAM     |     MEOPHAM OR MEFFAM
Place: Meopham

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