Publications
Benbow Pond, Cowdray Park - Provenance, by Richard Smith, published December 2002 in Midhurst Society Newsletter (Issue No 6, article, pp.4-4, December 2002, Midhurst Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16356]
Abstract:Speculation on how the name 'Benbow' came about - in the 1680s the Pond in Cowdray Park was known as Benber Pond.
The Elm Trees of Midhurst, by Richard Smith, published April 2005 in Midhurst Heritage (No 3, article, pp.7-8, Spring 2004, Midhurst Society & printed at Kerry Type Ltd) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16354]
Abstract:The decline of the elm trees in Midhurst as a result of Dutch Elm Disease, and their history and uses in past centuries.