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Thakeham
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Also known as Thakeham, West Sussex

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).

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Locality
Horsham
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
0

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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
RH
UK place.postcode_district
RH20
UK place.dial_code
01798
UK place.constituency_westminster
Arundel and South Downs
UK place.london_distance
NNE
UK place.shire_district
Horsham

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Population
1816
Area
11.71
Image
View of thakeham from the churchyard 2.jpg
Dialing code
01798
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Commons category
Thakeham
OS grid reference
TQ109172
postal code
RH20
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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.

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