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Midhurst (pronounced , or in the Sussex dialect: Medhas ) is a market town and civil parish in West Sussex, England. It lies on the River Rother 20 miles inland from the English Channel, and 12 miles north of the county town of Chichester.
The name Midhurst was first recorded in 1186 as Middeherst, meaning "Middle wooded hill", or "(place) among the wooded hills". It derives from the Old English words midd (adjective) or mid (preposition), meaning "in the middle", plus hyrst, "a wooded hill".
The Norman St. Ann's Castle dates from about 1120, although the foundations are all that can now be seen. The castle, the parish church of St. Mary Magdalene and St. Denis, together with South Pond, the former fish-pond for the castle, are the only three structures left from this early period. The parish church is the oldest building in Midhurst. Just across the River Rother, in the parish of Easebourne, is the ruin of the Tudor Cowdray House.
Midhurst was a parliamentary borough in Sussex, which elected two Members of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons from 1311 until 1832, and then one member from 1832 until 1885, when the constituency was abolished. Before the Great Reform Act of 1832, it was one of the most notorious of England's rotten boroughs.
Midhurst is an electoral ward of Chichester District, West Sussex, England and returns two members to sit on Chichester District Council.
Midhurst is a market town and civil parish in Chichester District, West Sussex, England.
Midhurst may also refer to:
- Midhurst (electoral division), West Sussex, England
- Midhurst (UK electoral ward), West Sussex, England
- Midhurst (UK Parliament constituency), in existence from 1311 to 1885
- Midhurst (LSWR) railway station, open from 1864 to 1925
- Midhurst railway station, open from 1866 to 1964
- Midhurst, Ontario, Canada