Meopham: the Railway Tavern and station approach
Introduction
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Meopham: the Railway Tavern and station approach
Image: © Stefan Czapski Taken: 11 May 2018
The village straggles for a couple of miles along the A227 Gravesend-Wrotham road. The station is at the northernmost end of the village, more than a mile north of the medieval parish church. The village green - which seems to represent the ancient village centre - lies yet further south. The South Eastern Railway arrived in 1861, and named the station 'Meopham' even though it had 'missed' the village by a mile or two. Not that that matters nowadays, as a century and a half of development has largely filled the gap. In the picture, the current station building - low and white-painted - can be glimpsed between the nearer buildings. Of the original station buildings not much remains.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.385614
Longitude
0.35691