AMBERLEY, a parish in the hundred of WEST
EASWRITH, rape of ARUNDEL, county of SUSSEX, 5
miles (N. N. E.) from Arundel, containing, with the
hamlet of Rockham, 548 inhabitants. The living is a
vicarage, with that of Houghton united, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Chichester, rated in the king's
books at £7. 5. 7., and in the patronage of the Bishop
of Chichester. The church has a nave of Norman, and
a chancel of early English, architecture, separated by a
Norman arch much enriched. The river Arun runs
through this parish: on its banks are considerable
remains of an ancient castle, which belonged to the
Bishops of Chichester, now occupied as a farm-house.