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Bramber in Sussex County England History and GeographyBRAMBER, a borough (formerly a market town), in the hundred of STEYNING, rape of BRAMBER, county of SUSSEX, ½ a mile (E.S.E.) from Steyning, and 50 miles (S. by. W.) from London, containing 98 inhabitants. This place was formerly noted for a castle built by the descendants of William de Braiose, upon whom it was bestowed by William the Conqueror. In the reign of Edward III., this castle was garrisoned by John de Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, for the protection of the town and shore from the expected attack of the French, who were hovering off the coast. The town is situated on the river Adar, which is navigable for small vessels, and though formerly of considerable extent and importance, consists at present only of a few miserable hovels. There is neither trade, market nor fair: a constable is chosen at the court leet of the lord of the manor. Bramber is a borough by prescription, and returned members to parliament in the 23rd of Edward I.; after that time it frequently omitted, and was occasionally represented in conjunction with Steyning till the 7th of Edward IV., since which it has continued to return two representatives. The right of election is vested in the occupiers of burgage tenements paying scot and lot, in number about twenty; the constable is the returning officer. The living is a discharged rectory, united with Botolph, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chichester, rated in the king's books at £10. 6. 8., and in the patronage of the President and Fellows of Magdalene College, Oxford. The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, is a small ancient edifice, much mutilated, but containing some fine portions of the Norman style of architecture, with a low square tower. There are some remains of the ancient and once formidable castle, that occupied a quadrilate ral area, six hundred feet in length and three hundred in breadth, surrounded by a wide and deep moat: they consist principally of part of the entrance gateway, some detached portions of the walls to the north-west, the mount whereon stood the keep, and a noble window in the range that contained the state apartments: the prevailing style of the architecture is Norman. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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