Bramber

Bramber
Church of St. Nicholas
Bramber is located in West Sussex
Bramber
Bramber
Location within West Sussex
Area7.19 km2 (2.78 sq mi) [1]
Population757 [1] 2001 Census
785 (2011 Census including Botolphs)[2]
• Density105/km2 (270/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTQ186106
• London44 miles (71 km) NNE
Civil parish
  • Bramber
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSTEYNING
Postcode districtBN44
Dialling code01903
PoliceSussex
FireWest Sussex
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament
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50°52′58″N 0°18′51″W / 50.8828°N 0.31414°W / 50.8828; -0.31414
Remains of Bramber Castle

Bramber is a former manor, village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It has a ruined mediaeval castle which was the caput of a large feudal barony. Bramber is located on the northern edge of the South Downs and on the west side of the River Adur. Nearby are the communities of Steyning to the west and Upper Beeding to the east, and the other side of the river. The closest historical connection, however, is with the village of Botolphs to the south.

The ecclesiastical parishes of Bramber and Botolphs were united possibly as early as 1526, but certainly by 1534[3] with the priest living at Botolphs. Later the priest's official residence became the imposing Bramber mansion and landmark now called "Burletts" and located on Clays Hill. The union of the civil parish councils followed 400 years later in 1933.

  1. ^ a b "2001 Census: West Sussex – Population by Parish" (PDF). West Sussex County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  3. ^ British History Online entry here.