Mersham

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Mersham
Mersham shown within Kent
Population	1022^[1]
OS grid reference	TR053396
Parish	Mersham
District	Ashford
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	TONBRIDGE
Postcode district	TN25
Dialling code	01233
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
European Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Ashford
List of places: UK • England • Kent

Coordinates: 51°07′07″N 0°56′04″E / 51.1187, 0.9345

Mersham is a small village and civil parish, three miles east of Willesborough and the Kentish town of Ashford.

1 History
- 1.1 The Knatchbulls
2 Local Facilities
3 See also
4 External links
5 References

[edit] History

Historically Mersham has been a farming community with close ties to the local market town of Ashford. The small village dates back to Saxon times and is mentioned in the Domesday Book. The village was owned by the Archbishops of Canterbury for over 500 years. The beautiful Church of St. John the Baptist, which stands on the site of a Saxon church, is part Norman. There are two water mills on the East Stour river, one of which, Swanton, is still working. Part of Hatch Park, an ancient deerpark and SSSI, is within the parish.

It is thought that the village gives rise to the surname Marshman.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] The Knatchbulls

The village has been the home of the Knatchbull family since the times of Henry VIII. In 1638 Sir Norton Knatchbull founded Ashford Grammar School, to which pupils were not admitted until they could read the bible in English, he was also the Member of Parliament for Romney. In the early 1800s Edward Knatchbull served under Robert Walpole in the Whig government and in 1830 another Sir Edward Knatchbull became M.P. for Romney and served under Sir Robert Peel in his government of 1841.

[edit] Local Facilities

Mersham Primary School
2 Public Houses – The Royal Oak & The Farriers Arms
Village Hall
Local Shop & Post Office
Playing Fields & Play Areas

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

VillageNet
Map sources for Mersham

[edit] References

^ Ashford Borough Council Census 2001

v • d • e Towns and villages in the Ashford district of Kent, England

Aldington • Aldington Frith • Anvil Green • Appledore • Appledore Heath • Ashford • Bagham • Bethersden • Biddenden • Bilsington • Bilting • Bockhanger • Bodsham • Bonnington • Boughton Aluph • Boughton Corner • Boughton Lees • Brabourne • Brabourne Lees • Brattle • Bromley Green • Brook • Challock • Charing • Chilham • Chilmington Green • Crundale • Eastwell • Ebony • Egerton • Godinton • Godmersham • Great Chart • Hamstreet • Hastingleigh • High Halden • Hinxhill • Hothfield • Kenardington • Kennington • Kingsnorth • Leigh Green • Little Chart • Mersham • Molash • Newenden • Newtown • Orlestone • Pluckley • Reading Street • Rolvenden • Rolvenden Layne • Ruckinge • St Michaels • Sevington • Shadoxhurst • Small Hythe • Smarden • Smeeth • Stanhope • Stone in Oxney • Stubbs Cross • Tenterden • Warehorne • West Brabourne • Westwell • Westwell Leacon • Willesborough • Wittersham • Woodchurch • Woolpack Corner • Wye

List of places in Kent