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The village was known as Edesham in the Domesday Book. The village lies on one of the routes that formed part of the Pilgrims' Way immortalised by Geoffrey Chaucer in his book The Canterbury Tales and in 2010 was the subject of a villagers' protest when local landowner former banker to the Queen, Timothy Steel, tried to ban walkers from part of the route. After a public enquiry, public rights of way were Council-designated on paths on his land including the path of the former Pilgrims Way.
Location: six miles south-east of Canterbury
The Church of the Holy Innocents is a cruciform of Norman origin, with a low central tower. There are lancet windows and a Norman font.
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- Landmark