Adisham is a village and civil parish

Civil parish

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 in the English county of Kent

Kent

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. The village, six miles south-east of Canterbury

Canterbury

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, and located on the B2046 road between Wingham

Wingham, Kent

Wingham is a civil parish and English Kent village situated along the ancient coastal road, now the A257, from Richborough to London and close to Canterbury. It has existed since the Stone Age but only became established as a village in Roman times. The Domesday book tells us that during Saxon...

 and Barham

Barham, Kent

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, is known as Edesham in the Domesday Book

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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

Adisham railway station

Adisham railway station serves Adisham in the English county of Kent, and is served by Southeastern. There are brick buildings on the Down side platforms and a wooden shelter on the Up side.-History:...

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

Chatham Main Line

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BBC character The Doctor

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 (Doctor Who

Doctor Who

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) 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

Campagne-lès-Hesdin

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