adaptation of Jane Austen's novel Emma. The village and the castle featured heavily in a fake snow-bound episode of Agatha Christie's Poirot called Hercule Poirot's Christmas starring David Suchet. The village was made over to sunnier times for The Moving Finger, a mystery featuring Agatha Christie's other famous sleuth Miss Jane Marple, portrayed by Geraldine McEwan. Notable residents Sir George Colbrooke, (1729-1809), banker Dudley Digges, (1582/3-1639), politician and diplomat West Digges (1720-1786), actor and theatre manager Philip Francis (1708-1773), writer and translator William Ridge (1859-1930), novelist and short-story writer Charles Shannon (1863-1937), artist Augustus Toplady (1740-1778), cleric References External links Chilham parish Villages in Kent Civil parishes in Ashford, Kent