Amberley, Herefordshire Explained

Static Image Name:	Amberley Chapel, Herefordshire - geograph.org.uk - 897183.jpg
Static Image Caption:	Amberley Chapel
Country:	England
Coordinates:	52.1235°N -2.6647°W
Official Name:	Amberley
Civil Parish:	Marden
Unitary England:	County of Herefordshire
Lieutenancy England:	Herefordshire
Region:	West Midlands
Constituency Westminster:	North Herefordshire
Os Grid Reference:	SO5447

Amberley is a settlement in the civil parish of Marden, in Herefordshire, England.

Recorded in the Domesday Book, it was in the hundred of Tornelaus. In the National Gazetteer of Britain and Ireland of 1868, it was listed as being in the hundred of Broxash, about 2miles east of the village church of Marden.^[1]

Amberley was formerly a township in the parish of Marden,^[2] in 1866 Amberley became a separate civil parish,^[3] on 24 March 1887 the parish was abolished and merged with Sutton and Bodenham.^[4] In 1881 the parish had a population of 34.^[5]

Amberley has a Grade II* listed chapel built between the 12th and 14th centuries, and restored in 1865.^[6] Amberley Court is a 14th-century, 13000square feet Grade I listed country house.^[7]

External links

• • Amberley Herefordshire - A vision of Britain Through Time
• Amberley - Explore Britain
• Geograph images for OS Grid SO5447

Notes and References

1. Web site: Amberley, Herefordshire. GENUKI. 21 May 2012.
2. Web site: History of Amberley in Herefordshire. A Vision of Britain through Time. 2 December 2023.
3. Web site: Relationships and changes Amberley CP/Ch through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 2 December 2023.
4. Web site: Hereford Registration District. UKBMD. 2 December 2023.
5. Web site: Population statistics Amberley CP/Ch through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 2 December 2023.
6. Web site: Amberley Chapel, Marden. British Listed Buildings. 29 January 2014.
7. Web site: Amberley Court, Marden. British Listed Buildings. 29 January 2014.