Lenham Cross on the Downs

Lenham is a market village in Kent situated on the southern edge of the North Downs, halfway between Maidstone and Ashford. The picturesque square in the village has a Hotel, two public houses and a couple of restaurants.Grid reference TQ897522. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1368x993, 393 KB) Summary C. Hoyle Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1368x993, 393 KB) Summary C. Hoyle Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. ... The North Downs in England are a ridge of chalk hills that stretch about 100 mi (160 km) from Hampshire through Surrey and Kent. ... Maidstone (pronounced mādstun) is the county town of Kent, in southeast England, about 30 miles from London. ... Ashford is a town in the borough of Ashford in Kent, United Kingdom. ... A thatched pub (The Williams Arms) at Wrafton, near Braunton, North Devon, England A pub in the Haymarket area of Edinburgh, Scotland A public house, usually known as a pub, is a drinking establishment found mainly in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other countries influenced by... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ...

The village is at the main source of the River Great Stour, with one of it's tributaries, the River West Stour sourced near here and the Stour Valley Walk starts here, heading to Ashford and on to Canterbury and the English Channel near Sandwich. The River Great Stour is one of the sources of the River Stour in Kent, formed when the River East Stour and the River West Stour join at Ashford. ... The River West Stour is actually named on Ordnance Survey maps as the River Great Stour in Kent. ... The River Routes The Stour Valley Walk is a recreational walking route that follows the River Great Stour from its source at Lenham to its estuary at Pegwell Bay. ... Canterbury is a cathedral city in east Kent in South East England and is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Primate of All England and nominal head of the Anglican Communion. ... Satellite view of the English Channel The English Channel (French: La Manche, IPA: , the sleeve), also for some time known in England as the British Sea, is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean that separates the island of Great Britain from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the... Location within the British Isles Arms of Sandwich Town Council Sandwich is an historic town in Kent, south-east England. ...

Mentioned in the Domesday Book, Lenham market dates back to 1088, when the village was an important crossroad settlement. Domesday Book (also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester), was the record of the great survey of England completed in 1086, executed for William the Conqueror, that was similar to a census by a government of today. ... Events Succession of Pope Urban II (1088-1099) Work begins on the third and largest church at Cluny Rebellion of 1088 against William II of England lead by Odo of Bayeux. ...

The Pilgrims' Way/North Downs Way passes just to the north of Lenham, higher up on the 'downs' and it features a war memorial of a chalk cross carved into the scarp slope of the downs (hill figure). The Pilgrims Way is reputedly the route taken by pilgrims to the shrine of Thomas Becket from Winchester in Hampshire to Canterbury in Kent, England. ... The North Downs Way is a long-distance path in southern England. ... A downland is an area of open chalk upland. ... This memorial in England lists the names of soldiers who died in the First World War. ... A hill figure is a large visual representation created by cutting into a steep hillside and revealing the underlying geology. ...

There is a primary school (Lenham Primary) and secondary school (Swadelands) at Lenham.

See also

• Chalk figures in the United Kingdom