North and South Ambersham, Sussex

Historical Description

Ambersham, North and South, two townships and tithings in Sussex, on the river Rother, 2½ miles ESE of Midhurst station on the L.B. & S.C.R. They belong to Steep parish, but lie detached from the rest of it, and prior to 1844 they were in Hampshire. Acres of North Amber-sham, 1169; population, 170; of South Ambersham, 1502; population, 186.

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 North and South Ambersham from the following:

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

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