How Many People Live In Midhurst?

A market town in West Sussex, Midhurst's total population is approximately 5000. Midhurst is situated on the River Rother. The ruins of the Tudor Cowdray House and the Victorian Cowdray House are based in Midhurst.

The town had 2,327 houses, 333 hectares, and a total population of 4,889 in the 2001 census. Out of this 2,258 were economically active.

Midhurst was first represented in the parliament of 1301. It was consistently represented from 1832 onwards. Midhurst initially had two members of parliament.

Midhurst was considered a rotten borough in 1831 and there were only 41 eligible voters. Midhurst was reduced to one member of parliament in the Great Reform Act of 1832.

Midhurst lost its status as a borough and its right to elect a member of parliament in 1883.