Midhurst
Midhurst is a market community, church [3] and civil parish in West Sussex, England. It rests on the River Rother 20 miles (32 km) inland from the English Channel, and also 12 miles (19 km) north of the county town of Chichester. The name Midhurst was first recorded in 1186 as Middeherst, implying "Middle wooded hill", or "(place) among the woody hillsides". It derives from the Old English words midd (adjective) or mid (preposition), meaning "in the middle", plus hyrst, "a wooded hillside". The Norman St. Ann's Castle dates from regarding 1120, although the structures are all that can currently be seen. The castle, the parish church of St. Mary Magdalene as well as St. Denis, along with South Pond, the former fish-pond for the castle, are the only three frameworks left from this early period. The parish church is the earliest structure in Midhurst. Simply across the River Rother, in the church of Easebourne, is the mess up of the Tudor Cowdray House.