Angmering, St Margaret's Church 1899
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Photo of Angmering, St Margaret's Church 1899

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Leaving the sprawl of Worthing behind, we move west along the coast and inland to Angmering, a village much expanded to the north and east but retaining its historic core relatively intact. Here the church of St Margaret received the attentions of another eccentric Victorian architect, Samuel Sanders Teulon, in the 1850s. He imposed his personality on all but the 1507 west tower and the chancel arch: the windows are entirely his own, for example. He also built the quirky vestry hall, the library dated 1853 and a school nearby. Inland West Sussex From Bramber to Boxgrove

A Selection of Memories from Angmering

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Angmering

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My family had wonderful holidays at my aunts house called 'silba' in Golden Acre near the beach. My two brothers, sister and Mum and Dad spent such happy holidays here. We spent most of our days on the beach. aunty had a beach hut where we could boil a kettle for tea which we had in bendy plastic cups. Before lunch Mum would go up to the house and bring back salad, tomatoes and bread ...see more
I understand that the Inn is due to reopen tonight after an extensive refit.
I first went to Angmering after the war. My grandparents lived there and we used to spend time there in the summer. In those days there were no such things as beach furniture or pic-nic equipment. We had an ex army camp bed and a rug to sit on and we had a primus stove to boil a kettle. I had a bathing costume made from small squares with elastic sewn on the back, when you went in the water it would ...see more