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