Kottayam Kings who died fighting the British were given part of the land of Thamarassery in the days before freedom.

The tomb of Payyampally Chandu, who was a warrior under the Kottayam Raja, is located at the Thamarassery Kotayil Sree Bhagavathi Temple.

Thamarassery is well connected to its surrounding areas via roads(including NH766), which reach from it to Kozhikode, Kalpetta, Koyilandy, and Mukkam.

The KSRTC bus service provides good connections to Kasargod, Kannur, Palakkad, Thrissur, Kottayam and Trivandrum.

Several interstate bus services pass through Thamarassery, providing connections to Bengaluru, Mysuru, Ooty, Devala, Gundalpet and other places.