Midhurst
Midhurst is a market community, church [3] and civil parish in West Sussex, England. It pushes the River Rother 20 miles (32 kilometres) inland from the English Channel, as well as 12 miles (19 km) north of the county town of Chichester. The name Midhurst was first recorded in 1186 as Middeherst, suggesting "Middle wooded hill", or "(location) amongst the woody hillsides". It derives from the Old English words midd (adjective) or mid (preposition), suggesting "in the middle", plus hyrst, "a woody hill". The Norman St. Ann's Castle days from about 1120, although the foundations are all that can now be seen. The castle, the parish church of St. Mary Magdalene and also St. Denis, together with South Pond, the former fish-pond for the castle, are the only three frameworks left from this early duration. The parish church is the earliest building in Midhurst. Just across the River Rother, in the parish of Easebourne, is the wreck of the Tudor Cowdray House.