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Meopham
Meopham is a large linear village and civil parish in the Borough of Gravesham and ceremonial county of Kent, in England, and lies to the south of Gravesend. The parish covers , and comprises two villages and two smaller settlements; it has a population of 6,427,〔(Office for National Statistics : ''Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Gravesham'' ) Retrieved 6 March 2010〕 increasing slightly to 6,722 at the 2011 census.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Civil Parish population 2011 )〕 Meopham has been described as having one of the longest village streets in Kent,〔( Notes on the village )〕 being in length.
==History==
The name of the village derives from ''Meapaham'' (Meapa's village): it is first recorded in 788, in the time of King Offa. The modern pronunciation of the name comes from different ways of writing and spelling.
Benedictine monks established a priory hospital at Meopham in the 12th century〔(www.british-history.ac.uk )〕 and throughout the Middle Ages three medieval manor houses〔''Kent History Illustrated'' Frank W Jessup, 1966 Kent County Council〕 - those of Meopham, Dodmore and Nurstead - governed the land now occupying the parish.〔(Rochester diocese at www.medway.gov.uk )〕 Edward Hasted in 1797 described the village as being "out of the way" and with "no well frequented thoroughfare through it".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Parishes: Meopham )〕 Since the 1920s, when the road numbering scheme started, the main road through the village, the A227, has become busier as a through-route connecting North Kent with the M20 motorway at the foot of the North Downs, although this now has been somewhat relieved by the M25.
The parish of Meopham was in the Hundred of Toltingtrough.
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