Coordinates: 51°14′29″N 1°11′25″E / 51.2415°N 1.1902°E / 51.2415; 1.1902

Adisham
Adisham Church of England Primary School
Adisham  Adisham shown within Kent
Population	620 [1]
OS grid reference	TR226540
Parish	Adisham
District	City of Canterbury
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CANTERBURY
Postcode district	CT3
Dialling code	01304
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Canterbury
List of places: UK • England • Kent

Adisham (formerly Adesham) is a village and civil parish^[2] in the English county of Kent. The village, six miles south-east of Canterbury, and located on the B2046 road between Wingham and Barham, is known as Edesham in the Domesday Book.

Adisham's only shop shut down in 2004, and the Bull's Head public house has also recently closed. The village church is dedicated to Holy Innocents; and there is a thriving primary school.

Adisham has two book clubs - The Adisham Book Club and The Adisham Bookmarks - which review a wide selection of books in a friendly social setting.

Adisham railway station opened on 22 July 1861. It is on the Chatham Main Line - Dover Branch.

BBC character The Doctor (Doctor Who) once resided in a house in Adisham.

Adisham was also the home of the agricultural pioneer John Reynolds, who introduced the swedish turnip, or swede, into England.

Adisham is twinned with the following towns:

• Campagne-lès-Hesdin, France

The 1841-1901 census returns for Adisham are transcribed on the Kent Archeological Society website

References

External links

Media related to Adisham at Wikimedia Commons

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