NORTH KENT

Meopham /ˈmɛpəm/ is a large linear village and civil parish in the Borough of Gravesham in north-west Kent, England, lying to the south of Gravesend. The village lies on the dip slope of the North Downs,
The name of the village derives from Meapaham (Meapa's village):[6] it is first recorded in 788, in the reign of King Offa.
ATHELSTANE, king of England, gave the perpetual inheritance of Meopham to duke Eadulf, who, in 940, with the king's consent, gave it to Christ church, in Canterbury, in the presence of archbishop Wlselm, free from all secular service and royal tribute
MEOPHAM remained among the possessions of Christ church, at the consecration of archbishop Lanfranc, in the 4th year of William the Conqueror's reign; who, when he separated the manors and lands belonging to his church, allotted this manor to the monks for their subsistance, cloathing, and other ne cessary uses; and it is accordingly thus entered in the record of Domesday, under the general title of land of the monks of the archbishop.
Resident born Cardinal Simon Mepeham (or Meopham or Mepham) was ordained priest on 21 September 1297 in Canterbury Cathedral by Archbishop Robert Winchelsey, who gave Simon the rectory of Tunstall in Kent.He rebuilt the church,He became Archbishop of Canterbury from 1329 to 1333 but His refusal to submit to the judicial process of the Church led to his excommunication by Pope John XXII in 1333. Concoreto had issued an order suspending Mepham from presiding at Divine Services on 22 January 1333 with the condition that should the Archbishop continue to refuse to resist the will of the Pope and court he was to be excommunicated 30 days later. Mepeham's excommunication was posthumously rescinded, allowing him to be buried in Canterbury Cathedral upon his death Oct 1333.
The manor of Meopham continued part of the possessions of the priory of Christ church till the dissolution of it in the 31st year of king Henry VIII. when it was surrendered into the king's hands.
There is a  windmill that was built by James Killick, a millwright from Strood, in 1801 The mill worked by wind until 1929 and then by engine until 1965. It has been fully restored and is now in full working order. 
The Arnold family were seated at Meopham Court,
HAUNTINGS 
Wrotham Road 
It has been reported that a headless man in a long cloak, has been seen walking from the George Inn to the church before gently fading away from view. Some say it could be a monk from the middle ages (possibly one who lost his head during Henry VIII dissolution of the churches). Although Author of Haunted places of Kent Rupert Mathews believes the attire is the look of a 19th century Coachman
Steeles Lane 
There is said to be the ghost of an attractive young lady, dressed in Orange silk, that had been seen walking along Steeles lane. Could this be Mademoiselle Pinard from Paris?, The story goes that she was wooed and proposed to by a soldier from Kent stationed in Paris after the battle of Waterloo, and so she gave herself to him completely but eventually he left to return to Kent. believing their love was real, she saved money for a wedding dress and money to get her to Kent. but when she arrived and tracked him down, he was cold towards her and turned her away. it was then said she dressed up in the wedding gown and hanged herself in Steele Lane. In the 19th century, her story and appearing vision was said to serve as a warning from mothers to their daughters, to get their man up the aisle before surrendering to him.