Thakeham
Sign in to saveThakeham is a village and civil parish located north of the South Downs in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. The village is situated approximately 12 miles south-west of Horsham and 11 miles north of the sea-side town of Worthing. Its nearest large village is Storrington (3 miles). The parish includes the hamlets of Abingworth and Goose Green and has a land area of 1170.6 hectares (2891 acres).
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Thakeham
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.civil_parish
- Thakeham
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.static_image
- Thakeham St Mary.jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
- 240px
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Church of St Mary
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 11.71
- UK place.population
- 1,794
- UK place.population_ref
- 2001 Census 1,816 (Census 2011)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TQ109172
- UK place.post_town
- PULBOROUGH
- UK place.postcode_area
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Horsham
- Population
- +1816
- Area
- +11.71
- Official website
- www.thakehamparish.co.uk/Contents/Text/Index.asp?SiteId=916&SiteExtra=20039844&TopNavId=48&NavSideId=12787
- Image
- View of thakeham from the churchyard 2.jpg
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Thakeham is a village and civil parish located north of the South Downs in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. The village is situated approximately 12 miles south-west of Horsham and 11 miles north of the sea-side town of Worthing. Its nearest large village is Storrington (3 miles). The parish includes the hamlets of Abingworth and Goose Green and has a land area of 1170.6 hectares (2891 acres).
== History == The village is mentioned in Domesday Book,(as Taceham) but human occupation goes back to Neolithic times. The name Thakeham means “thatched homestead” and the original village had just one main street (“The Street”) which is home to the village's only pub, The White Lion, and St Mary's church (12th century) and is now a designated conservation area. Recent examination of timber beams shows that a hall was constructed on The Street towards the end of Henry VIII's reign (1540s) although the beams themselves may have been felled for another structure in the 1300s.