Betsham is a hamlet in the parish of

Southfleet Southfleet is a small village and civil parish in the borough of Dartford in Kent, England. The village is located three miles southwest of Gravesend, while the parish includes within its boundaries the hamlets of Betsham and Westwood. Southfle ...

Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...

, England. Betsham is a mile north-west from the village of

, which is situated nearly in the middle of the parish. The hamlet was formerly called ''Bedesham'' and lies on the road that leads from Green Street Green (formerly Greensted-green) in the parish of

Darenth Darenth is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Dartford, Kent, England. It is located 3.4 miles south east of Dartford and 4.6 miles north east of Swanley. History The parish was part of Axstane Hundred and later Dartford Rural Dis ...

to Southfleet railway station and thence to Wingfield-bank, Northfleet where it meets the ancient Roman highway

Watling Street Watling Street is a historic route in England that crosses the River Thames at London and which was used in Classical Antiquity, Late Antiquity, and throughout the Middle Ages. It was used by the ancient Britons and paved as one of the main ...

(A2 motorway), which runs along the northern side of this parish.see Westwood Road links Betsham with Westwood to the south.

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