Amberley, Herefordshire

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

For other places with the same name, see Amberley.

Amberley

Amberley Chapel
Amberley
Location within Herefordshire
OS grid referenceSO5447
Civil parish
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PoliceWest Mercia
FireHereford and Worcester
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament

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 two miles (3.2 km) east of the village church of Marden.[2]

Amberley has a Grade II* listed chapel built between the 12th and 14th centuries, and 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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