Amphlett: Malvern
The Amphlett family has historical connections to the area around Malvern, particularly during the 18th and 19th centuries when branches of the family lived in Worcestershire and the nearby countryside.
The Amphletts were part of the local gentry and professional classes, with some members involved in law, landownership, and local administration. Their presence in the region was closely tied to estates and communities around the Malvern Hills, an area that became increasingly popular in the Victorian period for its health resorts and scenic landscape.
As Malvern grew into a fashionable spa town, families such as the Amphletts were part of the social network that connected the surrounding rural estates with the developing town. Through marriages and family branches, the Amphlett name remained associated with Worcestershire communities, including Malvern, contributing to the area’s local history and genealogical records.
LEIGH
The Amphletts before moving to Malvern, first lived in Leigh. Leigh is a small village near to Bransford and Leigh Sinton.
The Amphlett’s lived together in an area of Leigh called Brockamin at the pidgeon houses.
John Andrew Amphlett (1858) b Clifton on Teme, lived with his numerous children as can be seen in the 2011 census below.
James Amphlett’s memorial in Leigh church
John was a carter on a farm, as was his eldest son Chris. However the younger illfated brother who died at the Somme, James (1892) b. Hallow, worked at that time as a railway porter. The younger children were still of school age.
Typical front cover of Berrow’s Worcester Jounral during the First World War, showing the faces of the missing or dead.
James Amphlett’s memorial in Theipval, France.
MARTLEY
Prior to living in Leigh, John Andrew Amphlett (1858) although born in Clifton upon Teme, lived most of his life in Martley. Martley proves to be a centre for one strain of the Amphlett family for hundreds of years, living in Hope House Lane near Martley church.