![]() ![]() St Andrews Church has been extended with a modern kitchen and toilet in keeping with the existing structure. The combined parish of Tangmere and Boxgrove separated into two separate parishes when the RAF base closed and a new arrangement was made which combined Tangmere with Oving Parish. Notable as Chestnut walk which lost many of its chestnut trees, and the centre of the village, which lost many beech, elm and oak trees. The October 1987 hurricane resulted in most of the large mature trees being blown down or damaged beyond redemption. Originally a wooden construction it was later rebuilt in brick and enlarged sometime after 1982. The village shop has been on the same site since 1935. Scrivener Drive: Dr Scrivener 1st chair TPC Travers Close: Travers Johnson chair of TPC Richmond Close: Land owner of Tangmere parish ![]() Osborn Drive: Tenant farmer on Duke of Richmond’s landįilkins Close: Gravel pit north of the parish adjacent to A27 roadīroom Hills: Fields owned by Duke of Richmond Neville Duke Way: Squadron Leader Neville Frederick Duke DSO, OBE, DFC**, AFC, FRAeSīayley Road: John Bayley was a farmer and landowner in Tangmere Old road names and other miscellaniaĬaedwalla Drive: King of Wessex in AD680, who gave 1200 acres of land at Tangmere to the church of St. Wellington Place: Vickers Wellington, long-range bomber Sunderland Close: Short Sunderland, flying boat Merlin Close: Rolls Royce Merlin, aircraft engine ![]() Road names based on military aeroplanes:īlenheim Park: Bristol Blenheim, light bomber aircraftĬanberra Place: English Electric Canberra bomberįulmar Way: Fairey Fulmar, fighter aircraft Nicolson Close: Flight Lieutenant James Brindley Nicolson VC Nettleton Avenue: Sqdr Leader John Dering Nettleton VC Middleton Gardens: Pilot Officer Rawdon Hume Middleton VC Malcolm Road: Wing Commander Hugh Gordon Malcolm VC Jerrard Road: Flight Lieutenant Alan Jerrard VC Gibson Road: Wing Commander Guy Gibson VC ![]() Garland Square: Flying Officer Donald Edward Garland VC Road names based on holders of the Victoria Cross:īishops Road: Captain William Avery “Billy” Bishop VCĬampbell Road: Flying Officer Kenneth Campbell VCĬheshire Crescent: Group Captain Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire VCĮdwards Avenue: Wing Commander Hughie Idwal Edwards VC Other roads are named after aircraft models some of which flew from RAF Tangmere. Many of the roads in the village have names, which are named after RAF officers and men who were decorated with Victoria Cross medals in both WW1 and WW2. A full history is in the museum and worth a visit. The airfield was created as a base for the Royal Flying Corps in early 1917 and was later to become a base for American bomber planes. Beside the ‘very simple decent church’ is a large Yew tree, said to have been planted when the church was built and despite much natural decay and damage is held in place with steel chains and has a spread of more than 25 meters. The parish has been in existence since Anglo-Saxon times, St Andrews Church in church Lane dates from the early 12 Century and is a grade 1 listed building. ![]()
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