Borough of Gravesham
Shown within Kent
Geography
Status:	Borough
Region:	South East England
Admin. County:	Kent
Area: - Total	Ranked 245th 99.02 km²
Admin. HQ:	Gravesend
ONS code:	29UG
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 230th 96,142 971 / km²
Ethnicity:	89.5% White 8.2% S.Asian
Politics
Gravesham Borough Council http://www.gravesham.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Labour
MP:	Chris Pond

Gravesham is a local government district and borough in Kent, England. Its council is based in Gravesend.

The name 'Gravesham'

Robert H Hiscock, Chairman of the Gravesend Historical Society, writing a forward to his book, 'A History of Gravesend' (Phillimore, 1976) said:

"The name Gravesham appears only in the Domesday Book, 1086, and was probably the error of a Norman scribe. It was 'Gravesend' in the Domesday Monarchorum c.1100, and 'Gravesende' in the Textus Roffensis c.1100. It is strange that this 'clerical error' has now been adopted for the name of the new Council".

Composition of Gravesham

As well as the parishes listed below, the Urban District of Northfleet was also included in the Borough when it was formed under the Local Government Act 1974.

There are 18 wards in the Borough; as well as those serving Gravesend town (Central, Pelham, Riverside, Singlewell, Whitehill, Woodlands) and Northfleet (2 wards, North & South), there are those for the larger estates (Coldharbour, Istead Rise, Painters Ash, Riverview, Westcourt). Outlying villages are served by the following wards:

• Chalk
• Higham
• Meopham: 2 wards North & South
• Shorne, Cobham & Luddesdowne
• Vigo is part of the Meopham South ward

External links

• Gravesham council website