Midhurst
Sign in to saveMidhurst () is a market town and civil parish in the Chichester District in West Sussex, England. It lies on the River Rother, inland from the English Channel and north of Chichester.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Midhurst
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.civil_parish
- Midhurst
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Midhurst from the South.JPG
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Midhurst from the south
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 3.33
- UK place.population
- 4,914
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SU885214
- UK place.post_town
- MIDHURST
- UK place.postcode_area
- GU
- UK place.postcode_district
- GU29
- UK place.dial_code
- 01730
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Arundel and South Downs
- UK place.london_distance
- NE
- UK place.shire_district
- Chichester
- UK place.shire_county
- West Sussex
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Midhurst () is a market town and civil parish in the Chichester District in West Sussex, England. It lies on the River Rother, inland from the English Channel and north 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".