and to export timber. The railway line from Pulborough to Petworth was extended to Midhurst in the 1860s with stations at Selham and Midhurst. Notable residents Michael Baigent, author, historian. Austin Dobson, racing driver Sir Ranulph Fiennes, adventurer. David Mearns, shipwreck oceanographer. Ernest H. Shepard, illustrator of the Winnie the Pooh stories and The Wind in the Willows Barbara Ward, (Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth), economist, writer. Hamlets Other villages and hamlets within the civil parish include: Bexleyhill Lickfold References Further reading Beckingham, Peter, South Downs Showcase - 200 Years of Creativity around Lodsworth, Petworth and Midhurst, Lodsworth Heritage Society, 2021 Martin Hepworth and A. E. Marshall, Lodsworth: the Story of an English Village. Singleton : The Weald and Downland Open-Air Museum, 1995. John Rickman, The Land of Lod P. A. L. Vine, London's Lost Route to Midhurst: the Earl of Egremont's Navigation and the building of the Petworth Canal. Stroud: Sutton, 1995 External links Map of Lodsworth Historical information on GENUKI Chichester District Villages in West Sussex