Amberley, Herefordshire

For other places with the same name, see Amberley (disambiguation).
Amberley

Amberley Chapel
Amberley
 Amberley shown within Herefordshire
OS grid referenceSO5447
Civil parishMarden
Shire countyHerefordshire
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Police West Mercia
Fire Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance West Midlands
EU Parliament West Midlands
UK ParliamentNorth Herefordshire
List of places
UK
England
Herefordshire

Coordinates: 52°07′25″N 2°39′53″W / 52.1235°N 2.66468°W / 52.1235; -2.66468

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

Amberley has a grade II* listed chapel built between the 12th and 14th century, restored in 1865.[3] Amberley Court is a 14th-century, 13,000 square feet (1,200 m2) Grade I listed country house.[4]

References

  1. Amberley in the Domesday Book. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
  2. "Amberley, Herefordshire". GENUKI. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
  3. "Amberley Chapel, Marden". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  4. "Amberley Court, Marden". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 29 January 2014.

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