English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Amberley Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ifield

Historical Forms

  • atte Naubele 1296 SR
  • atte Aubele 1327 SR
  • atten Aubele 1332 SR

Etymology

Amberley Fm (6″) was perhaps the home of Nicholas atte Naubele (1296 SR), atte Aubele (1327 SR), atten Aubele (1332 SR), taking the u to be a mistake for n , with later assimilation of nb to mb .