Earnley, Sussex

Historical Description

Earnley or Ernley, a parish in Sussex, on the coast, 4 miles NW of Selsey Bill, and 5½ SSW of Chichester city and station on the L.B. & S.C.R. Post town, Chichester. Acreage, 1143; population, 140. The village is on the sea-coast, and has the Houngate Rocks immediately opposite. The living is a rectory, united in 1526 with Almodington, in the diocese of Chichester; value, £320 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Chichester. The church is a small and ancient edifice, consisting of chancel, nave, and western tower, with one bell. The seat of the Ernie's, a large castellated mansion, surrounded by a moat, formerly stood near the church. The family took its name from the parish, and held the manor for some centuries. Almodington was formerly a separate parish, but is now only a tithing of Earnley.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Earnley from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Earnley)

Maps

Online maps of Earnley are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Sussex newspapers online:

• Mid Sussex Times
• Chichester Express and West Sussex Journal
• Sussex Agricultural Express
• Hastings and St Leonards Observer
• Sussex Advertiser
• Brighton Gazette
• Bexhill-on-Sea Observer