Coordinates: 50°49′44″N 0°29′04″W / 50.82877°N 0.48458°W
| Angmering | |
  Angmering
Angmering shown within West Sussex |
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| Area | 17.82 km2 (6.88 sq mi) [1] |
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| Population | 5,638 [1] 2001 Census |
| - Density | 316 /km2 (820 /sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | |
| - London | 49 miles (79 km) NNE |
| Parish | Angmering |
| District | Arun |
| Shire county | West Sussex |
| Region | South East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LITTLEHAMPTON |
| Postcode district | BN16 |
| Dialling code | 01903 |
| Police | Sussex |
| Fire | West Sussex |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| European Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Arundel and South Downs |
| Website: http://www.angmeringparishcouncil.gov.uk/ | |
| List of places: UK • England • West Sussex | |
Angmering is a large village and civil parish between Littlehampton and Worthing in West Sussex, England. It is located approximately two miles (3 km) north of the English Channel; Worthing and Littlehampton are about four miles (6 km) to the east and west respectively.
Angmering railway station is 3⁄4 miles away in East Preston.
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Overview
The parish is about seven miles (10 km) long (from north to south) and two miles (3 km) wide. Its roots stretch back to the Bronze Age and it is also the site of a substantial Roman Villa.
The village has a church (St Margaret's, designed by Samuel Sanders Teulon in 1852), three schools, several small shops, a post office and many historic houses from the 1400s onwards. It is in a semi-rural area with many farms. With the building of the Bramley Green development, the population in 2005 is close to 8000.
The village's name is of an old Saxon form, meaning "the followers or dependents of Angenmaer".[2]
Near Angmering is Highdown Hill, a National Trust property where one can picnic on the smooth grass near the edges of a former chalk quarry.
The village was the birthplace of 'black' Tom Oliver, who, after adding an l to his name to become Olliver, became the winning rider of the 1842, 1843 and 1853 Grand Nationals.
Twinning
Since 1976, Angmering has been twinned with the French village of Ouistreham, which is in the Calvados region of Normandy.
Notes
- ^ a b "2001 Census: West Sussex – Population by Parish". West Sussex County Council. http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/communityandliving/census2001/pop_parish_summary.pdf. Retrieved on 26 March 2009.
- ^ Hunter Blair, Peter (1966). Roman Britain and Early England: 55 B.C. - A.D. 871. W.W. Norton & Company. pp. 176. ISBN 0-393-00361-2.
External links
- Angmering at the Open Directory Project
- Angmering Village Life website has approximately 130 pages of local history, plus news, maps, photographs and many other resources
- Angmering Village Church website has details of village and church events and news.
- Angmering Project has all of Angmering census returns and surrounding villages available to view.
- Arundel & Littlehampton District Scouts
- Dancemering - Supporting the Angmering School of Dance
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