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Earnley

Coordinates:50°45′58″N0°50′43″W/ 50.76619°N 0.84538°W/50.76619; -0.84538
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Earnley
Earnley parish church
Earnley is located in West Sussex
Earnley
Earnley
Location withinWest Sussex
Area7.10 km2(2.74 sq mi)[1]
Population459.2011 Census[2]
•Density63/km2(160/sq mi)
OS grid referenceSZ815969
•London60 miles (97 km)NNE
Civil parish
  • Earnley
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCHICHESTER
Postcode districtPO20
Dialling code01243
PoliceSussex
FireWest Sussex
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament
Websitehttp://earnleypc.org/
List of places
UK
England
West Sussex
50°45′58″N0°50′43″W/ 50.76619°N 0.84538°W/50.76619; -0.84538

Earnleyis a village and a civil and ecclesiasticalparishin theChichesterDistrict ofWest Sussex,England. It is located four miles (6.4 km) south-west ofChichester,and lies on the south coast ofEngland.The parish includes the settlements of Almodington and Batchmere.

History

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AnAnglo-Saxon charterof AD 780[a]names a piece of land as 'Earnaleach and Tielesora' that was given to the church of St Paul.[b][3][4]Then in a charter, dated AD930, KingÆthelstangranted to BishopBeornheahofSelsey,[c]land at Medmerry inSelsey'with the woodland and fields lying therewith called Erneleia'.[5]

Historically Earnley was situated in the hundred ofLa ManwodeorManwood,now known under the formManhood.The nameLa Manwodemeans 'the common wood' and extended round Hundredsteddle[d]Farm, where the boundaries of the Witterings, Birdham, and Earnley coincide.Hundredsteddle[d]was the meeting place for the hundred moot and other hundred business. The nameHundredsteddle[d]refers to the floor on which theHundred courtwould have sat.[7][8]It lay in the ancient pre-Conquest division of Sussex known as theRape (county subdivision)of Chichester. TheDomesday surveydoes not include Earnley, however it is possible that at that time it was included withEast WitteringorWest Wittering.[9]The mediævallords of the manorhere belonged to theErnle,Ernley,orErneleyfamily, and derived their surname from a manor they held in this parish. The land was given to Luke de Ernele by his nephew, William de Lancing as part of aKnight's fee,in 1166.[4]

Earnley Church is a grade II* listed church[10]and together with its small graveyard is contained within retaining stone walls of an interesting boat shaped island of land. The nave is of 13th-century origin. A century later the chancel was added; an aumbry fitted with a carved door dates back to the 14th century. The first recorded rector was in office in 1365; parish registers survive from 1562, but there is no record of a dedication. It has always simply been "Earnley Church".[11]

Placename

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TheO.E.form of Earnley wasEarnlēah.'Earn' meaning Eagle (or possibly a person's name) and 'lēah' wood, glade or clearing.[12] [13]

Culture and community

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  • In June every year since 2016 the Parish Council holds an annual fete.[14]

Landmarks

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Part of theSite of Special Scientific InterestBracklesham Bayruns along the coastline of the parish.[15]

Notes

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  1. ^The AD 780 charter (Charter WSRO Cap I/17/2) is the only Selsey charter to survive as an original.[3]
  2. ^The location of St Paul has not been identified, but was possibly at Wittering or Selsey.[3]
  3. ^TheSussex Diocesewas based in Selsey from c.681-c.1075
  4. ^abcThe wordsteddlewas quite common in Sussex various examples being:Bedsteddle- Bedstead;Jointsteddle- a stool framed by joinery work;Oxsteddle- Stabling or stalls for oxen;Steddle- a small side table or a temporary arrangement of boards and trestles.[6]

References

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  1. ^"2001 Census: West Sussex – Population by Parish"(PDF).West Sussex County Council. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 8 June 2011.Retrieved26 April2009.
  2. ^UK Census(2011)."Local Area Report – Earnley Parish (E04009894)".Nomis.Office for National Statistics.Retrieved18 July2019.
  3. ^abcKelly, S.E (1998).Anglo-Saxon Charters VI, Charters of Selsey.OUP for the British Academy. pp. 46–53.ISBN0-19-726175-2.
  4. ^ab'Earnley', in A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 4, the Rape of Chichester, ed. L F Salzman (London, 1953), pp. 201-203.British History Online. accessed 19 March 2016
  5. ^Kelly, S.E (1998).Anglo-Saxon Charters VI, Charters of Selsey.OUP for the British Academy. pp. 71–77.ISBN0-19-726175-2.
  6. ^Parish, William Douglas(1875).A Dictionary of the Sussex Dialect and Collection of Provincialisms in use in the County of Sussex.Lewes: Farncombe & Co.
  7. ^Stenton, F.M; Mawer, A (1930).Placenames of Sussex.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 79.
  8. ^Salzman, L.F, ed. (1953).""The hundred of Manhood: Introduction." A History of the County of Sussex: the Rape of Chichester ".Victoria County History.London: British History Online. Web. p. 198.Retrieved18 July2019.
  9. ^"Open Domesday: Hundred of Wittering".Retrieved29 June2023.
  10. ^Historic England."The Parish church, Earnley (1026360)".National Heritage List for England.Retrieved17 July2019.
  11. ^"Earnley Church".St Anne's Church East Wittering.Archivedfrom the original on 17 July 2019.Retrieved17 July2019.
  12. ^Roberts, R.G., ed. (1914).The placenames of Sussex.Cambridge University Press. p. 59.
  13. ^Gelling, Margaret(1984).Place-Names in the Landscape.London: Orion Publishing. pp. 198–205.ISBN1-84212-264-9.
  14. ^"Earnley Fete 10th June 2017".Earnley Parish Council. 25 May 2017.Retrieved8 June2017.[permanent dead link]
  15. ^"SSSI Citation — Bracklesham Bay"(PDF).Natural England.Retrieved4 April2009.{{cite journal}}:Cite journal requires|journal=(help)

Sources: Victoria History of the County of Sussex, volumes 2 and 7

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