Midhurst is a market town, church [3] as well as civil parish in West Sussex, England. It lies on the River Rother 20 miles (32 kilometres) inland from the English Channel, as well as 12 miles (19 kilometres) north of the county town of Chichester. The name Midhurst was first recorded in 1186 as Middeherst, indicating "Middle wooded hill", or "(area) among the woody hills". It derives from the Old English words midd (adjective) or mid (preposition), indicating "in the middle", plus hyrst, "a wooded hillside". The Norman St. Ann's Castle days from concerning 1120, although the foundations are all that can now 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 3 structures left from this very early duration. The parish church is the earliest building in Midhurst. Simply throughout the River Rother, in the parish of Easebourne, is the spoil of the Tudor Cowdray House.