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Parish of Amberley, by Thomas Walker Horsfield, published 1835 in The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex (vol. II, rape of Arundel, pp.157-159) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2397][Lib 3212] & The Keep [LIB/507380][Lib/500088] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Notes on Amberley, its Castle, Church etc, by Rev. George Arthur Clarkson, M.A., published 1865 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 17, article, pp.185-239) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2102] & The Keep [LIB/500236] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Amberley, by Mark Antony Lower, M.A., published 1870 in A Compendious History of Sussex, Topographical, Archaeological & Anecdotal (vol. I, pp.7-9, Lewes: George P. Bacon) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8946][Lib 3314] & The Keep [LIB/500159]   View Online

Ordnance Survey Book of Reference to the plan of the Parish of Amberley, published 1876 (article, London: H.M.S.O. & printed at George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode)   View Online

Littlehampton, Arundel & Amberley with their surroundings, by W. Goodliffe, published 1903 (London: Homeland Association) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4675] & West Sussex Libraries

Amberley and Parham, by E. V. Lucas with illustrations by Frederick L. Griggs, published 1904 in Highways and Byways in Sussex (Chapter IX, London: Macmillan & Co.) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 41][Lib 12792][Lib 15825] & The Keep [LIB/500142]   View Online

The Architectural History of Amberley Castle, by W. D. Peckham, M.A., published 1921 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 62, article, pp.21-63) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2147] & The Keep [LIB/500280] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Amberley Castle Measurements, by C. G. O. Bridgeman, published 1922 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 63, notes & queries, pp.231-234) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2148] & The Keep [LIB/500281] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Amberley: Its Castle, Church and History. Illustrated with original drawings by the author, by Rev. H. Rickard, published 1923 (59 pp., Chichester: Moore & Wingham) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8261][Lib 7208][Lib 2751] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Amberley Castle Measurements, by W. D. Peckham and C. G. O. Bridgeman, published 1923 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 64, article, pp.128-133) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2149] & The Keep [LIB/500282] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Amberley Castle, by Walter D. Peckham, published 1928 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 69, notes & queries, pp.226-227) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2154] & The Keep [LIB/500287] & S.A.S. library

An Amberley Manor Document , by W. D. Peckham, published November 1928 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. II no. 4, note, pp.123-124) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8951] & The Keep [LIB/500204] & S.A.S. library

Sussex Church Plans LIV: St. Michael, Amberley, by W. H. G. [W. H. Godfrey], published November 1940 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VIII no. 4, article, pp.102-104) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8865][Lib 2207] & The Keep [LIB/500210] & S.A.S. library

Amberley Parish Church, St. Michael's, by E. Noel Staines, published 1961 (Amberley Parish Church) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Amberly Mount. Its Agricultural Story from the Late Bronze Age, by Dr Hugh Benjamin A. Ratcliffe-Densham and Mary Margaret Ratcliffe-Densham, published 1966 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 104, article, pp.6-25) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2189] & The Keep [LIB/500325] & S.A.S. library

Dear Amberley: A Guide to Amberley and History of the Parish, by Rev E. Noel Staines, published 1968 (pamphlet, iii + 56 pp., Amberley: Amberley Parochial Church Council) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4211][Lib 12425] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

A Lost Brass at Amberley, by Rev. E. N. Staines, published November 1969 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVII no. 4, article, pp.123-126) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8235] & The Keep [LIB/500219] & S.A.S. library

The Amberley Papers [shadowgraphy and early cinematography in the county], published June 1974 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 2, article, p.3) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/2] & The Keep [LIB/500479]

Amberley Heritage, by Wilfrid E. Cheal, published 1975 (72 pp., published by the author) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2752] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Dear Amberley: A Guide to Amberley and History of the Parish, by Edward Noel Staines, published 1977 (booklet, Amberley: Amberley Parochial Church Council, ISBN-10: 0850332834 & ISBN-13: 9780850332834) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15409] & West Sussex Libraries

This Guide compiled for the Parochial Church Council by the Vicar, the Rev. E. Noel Staines, is refreshingly unlike the run of parish guides which tend to imply that a village consists of a church and possibly a manor-house. The Vicar states: "The History of a Village is made by the people." Accordingly he devotes most of his space to a very readable account of the people and their homes with well-chosen pictures - rather poorly reproduced. The section on the Church would have benefitted by the inclusion of the plan printed in S.N.Q. viii, 103. If the booklet goes into a well deserved second edition, the paragraph on Domesday should be revised by an expert and the odd description of the emblazoned surcoat of the Wantele Brass as "crested" should be corrected. Between 1746 and 1897 three Vicars held office for some 20 years apiece. One may wish Mr. Staines an equally long tenure - unless ended by transference to a higher dignity.

Chalk Pits Museum, Amberley, published 1979 (pamphlet, The Southern Industrial History Centre Trust) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7168]

Chalk Pits Museum, Amberley, West Sussex, A Working Centre where the Industrial History of the South-East can be Studied and Preserved, by Fred Aldsworth, published 1979 (Southern Industrial History Centre Trust) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10501] & West Sussex Libraries

Chalk Pits Museum, Amberley, by A. J. Haselfoot, published 1979 in Sussex Industrial History (No. 9, article, pp.31-33) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506525]   Download PDF

The Chalk Pits Museum, Amberley, the first Open Air Museum of Industrial Archaeology in the South East of England, was opened to the public on Saturday, 26th May, 1979. The Museum, situated in the old chalk pits at Houghton Bridge, has been set up by the Southern Industrial History Centre who have leased the chalk pits from the West Sussex County Council. The purpose of the Museum, as an educational and exhibition centre, is to demonstrate the varied range of industries to be found in South East England which existed to support the predominantly agricultural nature of the area. Industrial Archaeology in its broadest sense is the study of the working life of past generations by the documentary and physical remains they have left behind - how did they live, how did they travel, what kind of machines and power sources did they use, what were their working conditions - all these aspects will in due course be covered by exhibitions and demonstrations at the Museum.

Lime burning and the Amberley Chalk Pits: A history, by Fred Aldsworth, published 1 January 1979 (pamphlet, 40 pp., Chichester: West Sussex County Council, ISBN-10: 090080033X & ISBN-13: 9780900800337) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7264] & British Library & East Sussex Libraries

Domesday Book of Amberley, Greatham, North Stoke, Parham, published 1985 (Amberley Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9503]

Amberley's railway collection, by Mark Smithers, published April 1988 in Railway magazine (vol. 134, no. 1044, article, pp.227-229)

The industrial railway exhibits at the Amberley Chalk Pits Museum

St Michael's Church, Amberley, published c.1990 (leaflet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17123]

Religious Survey 1851 - Worthing district, edited by John A. Vickers, published August 1990 in The Religious Census of Sussex 1851 (Sussex Record Society, vol. 75, pp.135-146, ISBN-10: 085445036X & ISBN-13: 9780854450367) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10578][Lib 13824] & The Keep [LIB/500452][LIB/507827] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Worthing district incl. Broadwater, Lancing, Littlehampton, Clapham, Patching, Goring, Ferring, East Preston, Angmering, Poling, Rustington, Climping, Ford, Arundel, Tortington, South Stoke, Burpham, North Stoke, Houghton, Amberley & Wiggonholt

Amberley Conservation Area, published 1997 (pamphlet, Horsham District Council) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13725]

Parish Profile no. 8: Amberley, by Reg Towner, published March 1997 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 5, article, p.162) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/508812] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Amberley - 18c. Schools, edited by John Caffyn, published 1998 in Sussex Schools in the 18th Century (Sussex Record Society, vol. 81, p.38, ISBN-10: 0854450424 & ISBN-13: 9780854450428) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13825][Lib 13828] & The Keep [LIB/500458][Lib/507864] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Amberley Castle, by Thea Valentine, published April 2000 in Midhurst Magazine (Volume 12 Number 3, article, pp.24-26, Spring 2000) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15969]

A short history of Amberley Castle

Arnold Bennett and Amberley, by James Hepburn, published 16 February 2002 (235 pp., Smoke Tree Press, ISBN-10: 0953991407 & ISBN-13: 9780953991402) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14782] & West Sussex Libraries

Amberley Castle 1103-2003: a celebration of 900 years, by David Arscott and Annabelle Hughes, published October 2002 (108 pp., The Dovecote Press, ISBN-10: 1904349048 & ISBN-13: 9781904349044) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14823] & West Sussex Libraries

Amberley Church: a critical appreciation, by Nigel Foxell, published 1 January 2005 (160 pp., London: Menard Press, ISBN-10: 1874320543 & ISBN-13: 9781874320548) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15415] & West Sussex Libraries

Nine-hundred-year-old St Michael's Church in the beautiful Sussex village of Amberley adjoins the world-famous castle, now a hotel. The nave is Norman; the chancel, south aisle and west tower are Early English. Artists, as is to be expected, have long settled in Amberley. This accounts for the church's richness in decorative features that date from the first third of the twentieth century. These vie with the medieval ones, of which the murals are the most celebrated. St Michael's is open all day, every day.

The Amberley Castle panels and a drawing by William Henry Brooke, by Karen Coke, published 2007 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 145, article, pp.137-152) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15980] & The Keep [LIB/500363] & S.A.S. library   View Online

In 1989 a drawing of 1820 by William Henry Brooke (1772-1860) was included in an exhibition at Michelham Priory. It was soon realized that it provided valuable historical evidence of the original form of Lambert Barnard's Amberley Castle 'Worthies', painted for Robert Sherburne, Bishop of Chichester in the early sixteenth century. Beginning with a documentary history of the panels and their origins, the article continues with a discussion of their subject, of Brooke's drawing and of the importance of their combined survival.

Return to Amberley, by Mark Smithers, published February 2017 in The Railway Magazine (no. 1391, article, p.45)

Mark Smithers makes a return trip to this fascinating museum railway in Sussex to see how it has progressed since his first visit almost 30 years ago

St Michael's Church, Amberley, published (no date) (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4844][Lib 9205]

Amberley Parish Register, published (no date) by the Sussex Family History Group and Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXW155, CD-ROM)

Baptisms 1560-1660, 1684-1760, 1765-1901, Marriages 1560-1654, 1663-1900, Burials 1560-1656, 1663-1688, 1707-1737, 1747-1900. Indexed Transcription. Vol.155. Includes 50 photographs.

Arun Valley and Worthing Out - Monumental Inscriptions, published (no date) by Sussex Family History Group (Ref: C007, CD-ROM)

Amberley, Binstead, Buncton, Burpham, Clapham, Eartham, Ferring, Findon, Goring, Greatham, Houghton (CE and RC), Lyminster, Madehurst, Parham, Patching, Poling, Rustington, Slindon (CE and RC), Sompting, Thakeham, Tortington, Walberton and Washington