Midhurst

Also known as Midhurst, West Sussex

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.

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".

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