Worsted Lodge, seat, Cambridgeshire, 3 miles NW.
of Linton.

Worsthorne, eccl. dist., township, and vil., AYhalley
par., NE. Lancashire—dist., pop. 1213 ; township
(Worsthorne with Hurstwood), 3510 ae., pop. 1093;
vil., 2 miles E. of Burnley ; P.O.; has quarries.

Worston.—township, AYhalley par., NE. Lancashire,
1% mile NE. of Clitheroe, 1088 ac., pop. 62.—2. Wor-
ston, par., in co. and 4miles NAY. of Stafford, 172 ac.,
pop. 7.—3. Worston, hamlet, Burnham par., Somerset,
near Axbridge.

Worth.—hundred, Shepway lathe, Kent, 6456 ac.,
pop. 895 ; contains 5 pars.—2. Worth, coast par. and
vil., Kent—par., 3925 ac. land, 58 tidal water and 1376
foreshore, pop. 443; vil., 1% mile SE. of Sandwich;
P.O.—3. Worth, par. and vil., Sussex—par. (containing
Crawley Down and part of Copthorne), 13,331 ac., pop.
3571; vil., 6% miles AY. of East Grinstead; has an
ancient church, said to be the only perfect ground plan
of a Saxon church extant in England ; in vicinity is
Worth Park, seat.—4. Worth, Cheshire. See Poyn-
TON WITH AYORTH.

Worth House, seat, Devon, 3% m. SW. of Tiverton.

Worth Matravers, coast par., Dorset, in SE. of co.,
8 miles SE. of Wareham; 2645 ac., pop. 302; has
stone and marble quarrying.

Wortham, par. and vil., Suffolk—par., 2726 ac.,
pop. 948; vil., 3 miles SW. of Diss; P.O.; in vicinity
is Wortham Hall, seat.

Worthen, township and vil., Shropshire, and par.,
partly also in Montgomeryshire—par., 18,009 ac., pop.
3717; township (containing Hope, eccl. dist.), 13,760
ac., pop. 3209; vil., 3% miles W. of Minster ley sta.
and 12% SW. of Shrewsbury ; P.O. ; has lead mines.

Worthenbury, par. and vil., Flintshire, in detached
part of co.—par., 3420 ac., pop. 446; vil., on river
Dee, 7 miles SE. of AVrexham; P.O.

Worthing.—watering-place and market town with
ry. sta,, Broadwater par., Sussex, on English Channel,
10% miles AY. of Brighton and 61% from London by
rail, 979 ac., pop. 10,976; P.O., T.O., and P.O. at Worth-
ing Station, 2 Banks, 3 newspapers. Market-day,
Saturday. AYorthing dates from the reign of George
IY. From a poor fishing village it then rose to a con-
siderable watering-place. Sheltered by tbe Downs,
which rise in the rear of the town, about 1 mile from
the sea, its temperature is well adapted to invalids,
and it possesses all the requisites of a fashionable sea-
side resort, including splendid hotels and lodgings,
baths, extensive sands, esplanade, assembly rooms, &c.
A large mackerel fishery is carried on.—2. Worthing,
par., Norfolk, l%m. S. of Elmham sta., 690 ac.,pop. 113.

Worthing, West, Sussex. See West Worthing.

Worthington, township and vil., Standish par.,
SAA”. Lancashire—township, 659 ac., pop. 255; vil., 3%
miles N. of Wigan; P.O.

Worthington and Newbold, township, Breedon on
the Hill par., Leicestershire, pop. 970; contains Wor-
thington, vil. with ry. sta., 5 miles NE. of Ashby de
la Zouch.

Wortliorpc, ruined mansion (property of the Mar-
quis of Exeter), on border of Northamptonshire and
Huntingdonshire, 8 miles W. of Peterborough.

Worthy Park, seat, Headbourn-Worthy par., Hants,
2% miles NE. of Winchester.

Worting, par. and vil., Hants—par., 1145 ac. pop.
160 ; vil., 2% miles W. of Basingstoke ; P.O.

Wortley.—township (ry. stations Armley and Wort-
ley, and Wortley and Farnley), Leeds par., E. div.
West-Riding Yorkshire, on SW. side and wholly within
bor. of Leeds, 1054 ac., pop. 23,530. Manufac-
tures of woollen fabrics, and of firebricks and sanitary
tubes, are carried on. The township contains New
Wortley, eccl. dist., pop. 12,163; P.O., T.O.; and
Wortley de Leeds, eccl. dist., pop. 5884.—2. Wortley,
township and vil. with ry. sta., Tankersley par., S.
div. AA”est-Riding Yorkshire—township, 5616 ac., pop.
1131; vil., on an eminence, 4 miles SE. of Penistone
and 6 SAA⁷. of Barnsley ; P.O., T.O.; collieries, iron and
steel works, brick and tile works, and quarries, are in

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