HARTING, a parish in the hundred of DUMPFORD, rape of CHICHESTER, county of SUSSEX, 7 miles (W. by S.) from Midhurst, containing 1072 inhabitants. The living comprises a rectory and a vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chichester, the former rated in the king's books at £26. 13. 4., and in the patronage of Sir H. Fetherstonhaugh, Bart., and the latter at £9, and in the gift of the Rector. The church, dedicated to St.;Mary,is partly in the early, and partly in the decorated, style of English architecture. There is a place of worship for Independents. Harting has the privilegeof sending four boys to the school founded by Mr. Oliver Whitby, at Chichester. An hospital for lepers, in honour of St. John the Baptist, was established here by Henry Hoes, in the time of Henry II.