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Westerham (gbr)

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Westerham ranks 15,135th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Agrinio, Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, and Novo Horizonte, São Paulo. Memorable people born in Westerham include James Wolfe. Memorable people who died in Westerham include Alice Liddell and Martin Lings. Westerham has been the birth place of many military personnels and the death place of many inspirations and philosophers. Westerham is located in United Kingdom.

Westerham is a town and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. It is located 3.4 miles east of Oxted and 6 miles west of Sevenoaks, adjacent to the Kent border with both Greater London and Surrey. It is recorded as early as the 9th century, and was mentioned in the Domesday Book in a Norman form, Oistreham. Hām is Old English for a village or homestead, and so Westerham means a westerly homestead. The River Darent flows through the town, and formerly powered three watermills. Read more on Wikipedia

In 1727, Westerham was the birth place of 1 globally memorable people, including James Wolfe. Additionaly, 2 globally memorable people have passed away in Westerham including Alice Liddell and Martin Lings. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Westerham than were born there.

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Most individuals born in present day Westerham were military personnels (1),  while most who died were inspirations (1) and philosophers (1).

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Westerham since 1700.