Midhurst
Midhurst is a market town, church [3] and also civil church in West Sussex, England. It rests on the River Rother 20 miles (32 kilometres) 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 "(area) amongst the woody hills". It derives from the Old English words midd (adjective) or mid (preposition), indicating "in the middle", plus hyrst, "a woody hillside". The Norman St. Ann's Castle dates from concerning 1120, although the structures are all that can now be seen. The castle, the parish church of St. Mary Magdalene and St. Denis, together with South Pond, the previous fish-pond for the castle, are the only 3 frameworks left from this very early period. The parish church is the earliest structure in Midhurst. Simply throughout the River Rother, in the church of Easebourne, is the spoil of the Tudor Cowdray House.