In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Tangmere like this:
TANGMERE, a parish in Westhampnett district, Sussex; 1½ mile N of Drayton r. station, and 3 ENE of Chichester. Post town, Chichester. Acres, 774. Real property, £1,612. Pop., 201. Houses, 47. Most of the land belongs to the Duke of Richmond. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £282.* Patron, the Duke of Richmond. The church is mainly early English.
Tangmere through time
Tangmere is now part of Chichester district. Click here for graphs and data of how Chichester has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Tangmere itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Tangmere, in Chichester and Sussex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9032
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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