EWHURST, a parish in the second division of the
hundred of BLACKHEATH, county of SURREY, 9 miles
(W. byN.) from Godalming, containing 821 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Surrey;
and diocese of Winchester, rated in the king's books at
£ 12. 7. 3., and in the patronage of the Crown. The
church, dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, is chiefly
in the early English style. On a common, called the
Churt, or East Churt, is a large camp called Holmbury,
supposed to be of Roman construction.