Angmering
| Angmering | |
| Sussex | |
|---|---|
 The windmill | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ068043 |
| Location: | 50°49’44"N, 0°29’4"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 7,614 (2011) |
| Post town: | Littlehampton |
| Postcode: | BN16 |
| Dialling code: | 01903 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Arun |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Arundel and South Downs |
| Website: | Angmering Parish Meeting |
Angmering is a village sitting between Littlehampton and Worthing in Sussex on the southern edge of the South Downs, a mile and a half north of the English Channel coast. Worthing and Littlehampton are three and a half miles to the east and to the west respectively.
About two-thirds of the parish (mostly north of the A27 road) fall within the National Park.
Name
The name "Angmering" probably derives from a Saxon farming settlement. It is thought that the original name was "Angenmæringas" meaning Angenmær's people.[1] The name has been written in many ways over the centuries, including Angemeringatun, Angmerengatum, Angemaeringum, Angemeringe, Aingmarying, '’Angmarrying, Angemare and Ameringe.
Towards the end of the 9th century Alfred the Great, King of Wessex, bequeathed to his kinsman Osferþe ‘... Angmerengatum and the land that thereto longyth’.[2]
History
It has been inhabited since the Bronze Age. A large Roman villa was discovered nearby and part-excavated in the 1930s. The excavation was mainly centred on a large bath house complex comprising at least eight rooms. It may have been occupied by an important Roman citizen or a member of the Romano-British aristocracy, like the palace at Fishbourne, and dates from the same period of 65-75AD.[3]
Churches
The parish church, St Margaret's, is of the 12th century. It was re-built by Samuel Sanders Teulon in 1852 and refurbished in 2009
The village also has a Baptist church and a small Roman Catholic congregation centred on St Wilfred's Catholic Primary School.
About the village
At the top of Angmering is Highdown Hill, a National Trust property with free access for walks and picnics on the smooth grass near the still-visible slopes of a former chalk quarry.
The village has three schools, several small shops, a post office and many historic houses from the 15th century onwards. It is in a semi-rural area with many farms. Following the building of the Bramley Green development, Angmering is the most populous settlement in the area.
Sport
Angmering is home to the Oval Raceway or Angmering Motor Sports Centre.[4]
- Rugby: Worthing Rugby Football Club, a national level professional rugby club, occupies extensive grounds in the east of the village.
- Football: Angmering Football Club, who play their home games at the Recreation Field in Decoy Drive.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Angmering) |
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Brief History of Angmering". Angmering Parish Council. http://www.angmeringvillage.co.uk/history/anghist.htm.
- ↑ "Angmering History - Roman Villa". http://www.angmeringvillage.co.uk/history/villa.htm.
- ↑ Griffin, Rob (7 May 2008). "Find the right formula for family business". The Daily Express. http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/43667/Find-the-right-formula-for-family-business.
- Holloway, Stanley; Richards, Dick (1967). Wiv a little bit o' luck: The life story of Stanley Holloway. London: Frewin. pp. 112. OCLC 3647363.