Earnley

Earnley is a village and a civil and ecclesiastical parish in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England.

An Anglo-Saxon charter of AD 780[a] names a piece of land as 'Earnaleach and Tielesora' that was given to the church of St Paul.

The name La Manwode means 'the common wood' and extended round Hundredsteddle[d] Farm, where the boundaries of the Witterings, Birdham, and Earnley coincide.

[12] [13] Part of the Site of Special Scientific Interest Bracklesham Bay runs along the coastline of the parish.

[15] Sources: Victoria History of the County of Sussex, volumes 2 and 7 Media related to Earnley at Wikimedia Commons

Junkers Ju 88A-1 (B3+BM) of 4./ KG 54 , which belly-landed on Marsh Farm, on the evening of 21 August 1940, it had been intercepted by No. 17 Squadron Hurricanes during an attack on RAF Brize Norton