Midhurst
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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.
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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- market town
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Chichester
- Population
- 4914
- Area
- 3.33
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Midhurst from the South.JPG
- Dialing code
- 01730
Show 10 more facts
- twinned administrative body
- Nogent-le-Rotrou
- Commons category
- Midhurst
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- OS grid reference
- SU885214
- postal code
- GU29
- topic's main category
- Category:Midhurst
- located in protected area
- South Downs National Park
- historic county
- Sussex
- P12749
- Dieter Hallervorden
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
27 sectionsContents
- Governance
- National
- Local
- Parish
- Economy
- Culture and community
- Culture
- Community facilities
- History
- Manorial (pre-modern) period
- Early modern period
- Modern period
- Geology
- Landmarks
- Listed buildings
- Transport
- Rail
- Road
- Media
- Education
- Religious sites
- International relations
- Sport
- Notable people
- Further reading
- References
- External links
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".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Midhurst” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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