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Elham beat off stiff competition for the title of Kent Village of the year 2011 organised by Action with Communities in Rural Kent.
Censuses for outlying communities in the parish will be rolled out gradually. Check out the stats page for interesting facts and
trivia about the village. We still need your help so please send us any information relating to Elham that may be of interest.
Elham resident Les Ames in action for England against the West Indies in 1939. He was one of the finer wicketkeeper - batsmen and played for Kent CCC.
The Abbot's Fireside is one of the older buildings in the village and probably dates back to the mid fifteenth century.
Audrey Hepburn (neé Rushton) lived in Orchard Cottage (Five Bells) for five years in her childhood (1935-1940) and attended the local village schools. She took ballet lessons and dreamed of becoming a prima ballerina. I wonder what became of her?
Dave Lee opens Elham's brand new playground with a sensory garden and a pretty flower meadow created by the Play for Elham charity. 21st November 2010
The machine breaking that led to the riots of August 1830 onwards started in the Elham Parish, writes our historian Derek Boughton, who has made a lifetime's study of the subject.
Elham residents were prominent in the gangs that sought out the new fangled threshing machines and destroyed them. Some of them cost the not inconsiderable sum for the day of £100. Full Story
We regret to hear that Mr. Harris, assistant to Dr. Beadles, of Elham, was thrown from his horse on Wednesday afternoon and killed instantaneously. The deceased had been to a patient at "Worlds Wonder" Farm, and was proceeding homewards when he met with his death. He was esteemed and respected by his friends and patients, although he had been in Elham but a short time. An inquest was subsequently held before T. T. Delasaux, Esq., when after hearing the evidence the jury returned a verdict of “Accidental death." Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald - Saturday 16 April 1870
ELHAM. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr GEORGE FINNIS, at the THREE TUNS INN, in ELHAM, on ..24th May 1824, all that FREEHOLD MESSUAGE or TENEMENT, (In two dwellings,) with the large brick building formerly used as a Wine Vault, but now converted into stables; fifty perches .. of garden ground .. situate in Middle-Row, in Elham, and now in the occupation of James Rootes and Henry Crouch, as yearly tenants. K.G., 21 May 1824, 1c K.G., 15 June 1824, 4a
New playground opened by comic Dave Lee. The team behind the project comprised Briony Williamson, Helen Sharp and Kate Baker. The King George V project is to create an Adventure Play Area that is sympathetic to the area, for children of different ages and abilities to utilise both individually and with their families and friends. The aim is to create a welcoming, exciting environment that can be enjoyed by the whole community and provide an all-inclusive outdoor meeting area to enhance local and social cohesion. Our plans are to build a creative play area that encompasses a wide range of challenging equipment for ages 18 months-18years. The equipment varies from balancing logs and monkey bars to tunnels, slides, swings and bridges. A zip wire will provide excitement and challenge for older children and adults alike. A nest swing and jungle climber provide team play and hang out areas. A gravity bowl will provide an accessible spinning experience for all ages and the city air rider will be good exercise and fun for teens. A new picnic area is situated centrally so that parents and grandparents can enjoy the area whilst maintaining a close eye on their children at play. By creating mounds and adding planting we will transform a flat static area into a hide and seek heaven. The area will be themed around Elham's history with information boards. We will have a learning arena that can be used to hold outdoor classes, musical events and plays, and church services. A Sensory Garden and Flower Meadow will provide areas for quiet reflection and enjoyment of native flora. They will help attract species of birds, butterflies, bees and other wildlife Play for Elham
The King George V project is to create an Adventure Play Area that is sympathetic to the area, for children of different ages and abilities to utilise both individually and with their families and friends. The aim is to create a welcoming, exciting environment that can be enjoyed by the whole community and provide an all-inclusive outdoor meeting area to enhance local and social cohesion.
Our plans are to build a creative play area that encompasses a wide range of challenging equipment for ages 18 months-18years. The equipment varies from balancing logs and monkey bars to tunnels, slides, swings and bridges. A zip wire will provide excitement and challenge for older children and adults alike. A nest swing and jungle climber provide team play and hang out areas. A gravity bowl will provide an accessible spinning experience for all ages and the city air rider will be good exercise and fun for teens. A new picnic area is situated centrally so that parents and grandparents can enjoy the area whilst maintaining a close eye on their children at play. By creating mounds and adding planting we will transform a flat static area into a hide and seek heaven.
The area will be themed around Elham's history with information boards. We will have a learning arena that can be used to hold outdoor classes, musical events and plays, and church services.
A Sensory Garden and Flower Meadow will provide areas for quiet reflection and enjoyment of native flora. They will help attract species of birds, butterflies, bees and other wildlife