Editing Midhurst (section)

== Landmarks ==
[[File:South Pond2.JPG|thumb|South Pond]]
South Pond is the second oldest structure in Midhurst, second only to St. Ann's Castle: it is thought to have been dammed in the early 12th century as a fish-pond for the Castle.  To the west the South Mill was in existence by 1284, and used initially to grind corn. In 1634 it was converted to a fulling mill, and in the mid-1800s it was converted again to leather production.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://southpond.co.uk/history/ |title=History of the Pond &#124; South Pond Group |publisher=Southpond.co.uk |access-date=15 October 2015 |archive-date=7 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107011930/http://southpond.co.uk/history/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The pond is prone to silting due to its underlying greensand geology, and has in recent years become polluted and lifeless, in large part due to over-population of ducks as a result of artificial feeding.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://southpond.co.uk/duck-feeding/ |title=Duck Feeding &#124; South Pond Group |publisher=Southpond.co.uk |access-date=15 October 2015 |archive-date=7 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107011930/http://southpond.co.uk/duck-feeding/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The South Pond Group was established in 2012 to conserve and develop the area around the South Pond as a [[wildlife corridor]].  Activities include clearance parties, water quality monitoring, newsletters, talks and maintaining notice and interpretation boards.  Major renovation works, involving dredging and establishing reed and waterplant beds to reconstitute the natural ecology, capable of supporting a full range of [[pond life]], were undertaken in 2014– 2015, under the leadership of the South Pond Group with community support.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://southpond.co.uk/restoration-work-2014/ |title=RESTORATION WORK 2014 &#124; South Pond Group |publisher=Southpond.co.uk |access-date=15 October 2015 |archive-date=7 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107011930/http://southpond.co.uk/restoration-work-2014/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Midhurst War Memorial.JPG|thumb|Midhurst War Memorial]]
The Midhurst War Memorial is situated outside the Midhurst parish church at the confluence of Red Lion Street and Church Hill, adjacent to the Market Square. It occupies land donated to the town for this purpose by Major Harold Pearson.  Mr. Percy Oliver (1885–1949), a local stonemason, was commissioned to build and carve the memorial in accordance with the design of Sir Ashton Webb, who also designed Admiralty Arch in London.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ww1memorials.midhurstu3a.org.uk/midhurst-war-memorial/ |title=Midhurst war memorials &#124; Rother Valley War Memorials |publisher=Ww1memorials.midhurstu3a.org.uk |date=20 June 2014 |access-date=15 October 2015 |archive-date=7 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107011930/http://ww1memorials.midhurstu3a.org.uk/midhurst-war-memorial/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The War Memorial was unveiled in 1923. It is aligned on the axis of the nave of the church and consists of a square pillar set upon a square plinth which stands on an octagonal base of two steps within a kerbed, cobbled area. It has been constructed from dressed sandstone, probably from a local quarry. The names of fifty men who fell during the First World War, together with their service or regiment, are inscribed on panels of limestone which have been fixed to the north and south faces of the pillar. In 1929 a proposal to install oak posts and chains was dropped due to cost.  In April 1947 it was decided to add the names of the dead of World War II, and Mr Oliver was asked to fix a tablet to the War Memorial. However, it was not until 1960 that it was finally agreed to add these panels, and the work was completed in 1962. In 2014 the name of a Royal Marine killed in the Afghan War in 2012 was added to the plinth. The Memorial is in the care of the Town Trust.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ww1memorials.midhurstu3a.org.uk/history-of-the-midhurst-war-memorial/ |title=History of the Midhurst War Memorial &#124; Rother Valley War Memorials |publisher=Ww1memorials.midhurstu3a.org.uk |access-date=15 October 2015 |archive-date=7 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107011930/http://ww1memorials.midhurstu3a.org.uk/history-of-the-midhurst-war-memorial/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.midhurst-town-square.org.uk/war-memorial/ |title=War Memorial |publisher=Midhurst Town Square |access-date=15 October 2015 |archive-date=7 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107011930/http://www.midhurst-town-square.org.uk/war-memorial/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Each year on Remembrance Sunday, the Midhurst Branch of the Royal British Legion organises a service of remembrance at the War Memorial.