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Amberley, West Sussex
Amberley maps
Historic maps of Amberley and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Amberley maps
Historic map of Amberley
Illustrated Victorian map of West Sussex
Historic Map of any Amberley postcode
Amberley books
Displaying 3 of 14 books about Amberley and the local area. View all Amberley books
Sussex County Memories
Paperback
£15
Hastings and Bexhill Photographic Memories
Paperback
£13
East Grinstead Photographic Memories
Paperback
£13
1 Amberley photos appear in 1 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
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I know this house is where my great-great-grandfather Harvey Ayling was born (in 1834). The Aylings were in this house for many generations. I have a picture of this same house from the late 1800s with 2 horse wagons parked out front. Still, even today, the same house has the same Ayling family decendents living there. I even have a record of... [more]
Shared on 20 October 2009
On this picture you can see the steps used by the ferry man from the 1920s to the 1940s. He used a pole to steer the punt from the Bury bank to the Amberley bank. The punt was attached to a chain which stretched across the river lying on the bottom. The fare in the late 1940s was a theepenny piece.... [more]
Shared on 25 November 2008
My father Ron Burchell worked at the shop seen in this photograph. The Burchell family had lived in the village for generations. The owner of the shop was Edward Grinstead and his wife Millie who was my godmother. We lived at the thatched Old Cottage behind the hedge on the left. My dad had been a shop boy here before he... [more]
Shared on 25 November 2008
Hardham was a place to bicycle to from Pulborough, and visit St. Botolph's Church. One of the many very very old churches in West Sussex. The drawings on the walls go back hundreds of years depicting the tortures of the early Christians, and the church preserves them with the lighting being restricted. I got locked in this church once - scary... [more]
Shared on 14 October 2008
Extracts From Amberley & West Sussex books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Amberley, inspired by Frith photos.
Sussex A Century Ago Photographic Memories
The Castle Gatehouse 1898 The tour moves west to a remarkable building. It looks north over the wide, flat, formerly marshy valley of the River Arun and the Amberley Wild Brooks, and west to the narrowing valley as the river cuts through the South Downs. The castle started out as a manor house for the bishops of Chichester, but in 1377 Bishop Rede was given a licence to crenellate... [more]
This is an extract from Sussex A Century Ago Photographic Memories.
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Those of you familiar with Amberley will see that this picture pre-dates the restoration of the battlements on the 14th-century gatehouse. The castle was originally a manor house belonging to the Bishops of Chichester; a licence to crenellate was granted in 1377. The castle was dismantled by the Parliamentarians during the English Civil War.
This is an extract from English Castles.
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Sussex A Century Ago Photographic Memories
The Castle Courtyard 1896 Within the medieval walls of the castle (or fortified manor house cum bishop’s palace) are the living apartments of the bishop: these are complex and varied ranges, with medieval parts jostling with later alterations and additions. In this view across the courtyard the 17th-century cross windows are prominent. The castle is now a country house hotel, and very well restored. Francis Frith’s Sussex A Century Ago ... [more]
This is an extract from Sussex A Century Ago Photographic Memories.
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