THE HISTORY OF HARTING. 



CHAPTER I. 



THE habitable part of the village of Halting, co. 

 Sussex, may be roughly described as a wedge driven 

 from the north side upon the head of that great coiling 

 serpent, the South Downs. Of this wedge South 

 Halting Church is the point, and East and West 

 Harting the two sides : the base is made by the 

 Midhurst branch of the London and South- Western 

 Railway. 



The Church stands on a knoll which is the highest 

 point of the lowlands under the downs, a spot of 

 singular beauty. To the west is a large natural 

 amphitheatre of hanging woods, continued by the 

 curve of Hemner and Tarberry, two outlying Downs 

 trending to the north, which are separated by a raised 

 causeway, and form a western gate of the hills. This 



