- Angmering
infobox UK place
country = England
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static_image_caption=The windmill
latitude= 50.82877
longitude= -0.48458
official_name =Angmering
population =
shire_district=Arun
shire_county=West Sussex
metropolitan_borough=
metropolitan_county =
region=South East England
constituency_westminster=Arundel and South Downs
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os_grid_reference= TQ068043Angmering is a large
village andcivil parish betweenLittlehampton andWorthing inWest Sussex ,England . It is located approximately 2 miles (3 km) north of theEnglish Channel ; Worthing and Littlehampton are about 4 miles (6 km) to the east and west respectively.Angmering railway station is 3/4 miles away in East Preston.Overview
The
parish is about 7 miles (10 km) long (from north to south) and 2 miles (3 km) wide and covers some 19 square kilometres. Its roots stretch back to theBronze Age and it is also the site of a substantial RomanVilla .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".cite book |last= Hunter Blair|first= Peter|title= Roman Britain and Early England: 55 B.C. - A.D. 871|pages=176|year= 1966|publisher= W.W. Norton & Company|isbn=0-393-00361-2]
Near Angmering is
Highdown Hill , a National Trust property where one can picnic on the smooth grass near the edges of a former chalkquarry .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.
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Twinning
Since 1976, Angmering has been twinned with the French village of
Ouistreham , which is in theCalvados region ofNormandy .
*Ouistreham ,France Notes
External links
*dmoz|Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/England/West_Sussex/Angmering|Angmering
* [http://www.angmeringvillage.co.uk Angmering Village Life website] has approximately 130 pages of local history, plus news, maps, photographs and many other resources
* [http://www.angmering.org.uk Angmering Village Church website] has details of village and church events and news.
* [http://www.familytreedesigns.co.uk/angmering.htm Angmering Project] has all of Angmering census returns and surrounding villages available to view.
* [http://www.al-scouts.org.uk Arundel & Littlehampton District Scouts]
* [http://www.dancemering.co.uk Dancemering - Supporting the Angmering School of Dance]
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