Midhurst
| Midhurst | ||||
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 South entrance to the city |
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| Basic data | ||||
| status | Market Town and Civil Parish | |||
| surface | 3.33 km² | |||
| population | 4914 (as of 2011) | |||
| Ceremony county | West Sussex | |||
| District | Chichester District | |||
| Constituency | Chichester | |||
| Website: www.midhurst-tc.gov.uk | ||||
Midhurst is an industrial city in the English county of West Sussex . The population is 4914 (status: Census 2011), the area 333 hectares. Midhurst is part of the Chichester District and is located on the River Rother , about 20 kilometers north of the city of Chichester .
There are two very interesting ruins in Midhurst, Tudor Cowdray House and Victorian Cowdray House. Other interesting buildings are "Midhurst Castle" and "Midhurst Church". Midhurst Grammar School is the town's middle school and was founded in 1672, the most famous student being HG Wells .
Town twinning
Midhurst has been a twin town of the German municipality of Baiersbronn in Baden-Württemberg since 1964 and of the French municipality of Nogent-le-Rotrou in the Eure-et-Loir department since 1980 .
Personalities
- Sir Alec Guinness (1914–2000), one of the most important character actors of the 20th century
- Christian Ferber (1919–1992), German writer and journalist
- Audrey I. Richards (1899–1984), British ethnologist and nutritional sociologist
- Ernest Shepard (1879-1976), English illustrator (Pooh the Pooh, The Wind in the Willows)
- Charles Reginald Enock (1868–1970), British engineer, Latin American researcher and author
- Boris Karloff (1887–1969), best known for his role as Frankenstein
- Sydney Fowler Wright (1874–1965), British writer, mainly writer of science fiction, crime and historical novels
- Israel Zangwill (1864–1926), British Jewish writer, essayist, journalist and political activist
- Stanley EG Hillman (1911–1995), British-American businessman and manager, President of IC Industries and Conrail
- John Hargrave (1894–1982), British draftsman, author and politician
Web links
- The Rother Valley Guide (English)
- Rother Academy, formerly Midhurst Grammar School (English)
- Midhurst Net (English)
- Midhurst Guide (English)
- Midhurst Parish Church (English)
- Nigel Sadler's Cowdray House pages (English)
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- ↑ UKCensus Data 2011 - Midhurst , accessed December 29, 2019
Coordinates: 50 ° 59 ′ N , 0 ° 44 ′ W