Lenham Lenham is a market village and civil parish in Kent situated on the southern edge of the North Downs , halfway between Maidstone and Ashford . The picturesque square in the village has two public houses, a couple of restaurants, and a tea-room. Lenham has a population of 3,370 according to the 2011 Census .Lenham railway station is on the Maidstone East Line . The village is at the main source of the Great Stour and the Stour Valley Walk starts here, heading to Ashford and on to Canterbury and the English Channel near Sandwich . It is also the source of the River Len , which flows in a westerly direction to join the River Medway at Maidstone.History Mentioned in the Domesday Book , Lenham market dates back to 1088, when the village was an important crossroad settlement. Technically the fact that Lenham is allowed a market, makes it a town but the community have always desired to maintain its village status. The High Street has a number of listed buildings.Mary Honywood was born in Lenham. When she died in Essex at the age of 93, she had 367 living descendants. The Pilgrims' Way/North Downs Way passes along the downland ridge to the north of Lenham. Between this ridge and the village lies a chalk cross carved into the scarp slope. First constructed in 1922, to remember those who fell in the Great War , and fully restored in 1994, the cross now commemorates the dead of both world wars. To avoid its use as a navigation aid by the Luftwaffe , the cross was filled in between 1939 and May 1945 . On 27 August 1950 , Lenham, along with the village of Harvel , was one of the signal receiving points of the first-ever live television pictures from the continent.Amenities The parish church of St Mary was rebuilt in the 14th century after fire had destroyed its predecessor. It and the nearby Tithe Barn are Grade I listed buildings . From 1876 to his death in 1903, the vicar of the church was Charles Nepean , who played for Oxford University A.F.C. in the 1874 FA Cup Final . Nepean also played cricket for Middlesex . There is a primary school, Lenham Primary and a secondary school, The Lenham School , at Lenham. A pair of cottages in Lenham had to be demolished to make way for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link . They were dismantled and re-erected at the Museum of Kent Life , Sandling . A local kit car firm GKD Sports Cars has its workshop based in Lenham and its main base in Boughton Monchelsea . Also in Lenham is a pharmacy, famous as the discovery site of a sixth century Saxon warrior body and weapons. heritagelenham dedicated to the recording of Lenham's cultural heritage Hill figure is a charitable organisation which works to protect the open spaces around the village. is a charity who raise funds to maintain the Grade 1 listed church but also to preserve its beauty for future generations . operates a monthly film club in the Lenham Community Centre. The shows are at 7.30pm on the 2nd Friday of the month with occasional matinee performances too.
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