Worthington
Description in 1871:
"WORTHINGTON, a township-chapelry, with three hamlets, in Breedon-on-the-Hill parish, Leicester; 5 miles NE by N of Ashby-de-la-Zouch r. station. Post town, Ashby-de-la-Zouch. Acres, 1,600. Real property, £5,603; of which £655 are in mines, and £60 in quarries. Pop., 1,172. Houses, 252. The manor belongs to the Earl of Ferrers. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £105. Patron, Lord Scarsdale. The church is plain. There are a school-church at Gelsmore, Wesleyan chapels at W. and Griffydam, and charities £75."
Note: There is a Worthington parish in Lancashire, England, as well.
- The parish was in the Ashby-de-la-Zouch sub-district of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch registration district.
- The 1851 Census for Leicestershire has been indexed by the Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society. The whole index is available on microfiche. The society has also published it in print.
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Matthew.
- The church appears to date from around 1200.
- The church was restored in 1890.
- The church seats 200.
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1653 (sources vary).
- The Anglican church had no burial ground. Funerals were held in Breedon on the Hill.
- The Anglican church was in the rural deanery of West Akeley.
- The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel in Wothington township and a larger one in Griffydam township before 1849.
- The Wesleyan Reform Methodists had a chapel in Griffydam township around 1912.
- The parish was in the Ashby-de-la-Zouch sub-district of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch registration district.
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
Worthington is a parish, a township, a chapelry and a village in Leicestershire, England. Worthington is a parish of 2,108 acres, 5 miles northeast of Ashby-de-la-Zouch. Worthington was one of three townships in Breedon on the Hill; Griffydam, Newbold and Worthington. There was an additional township called Gelsmore, but the web page author has not discovered its political affiliation.
If you are planning a visit:
- The web page author could find no mention of a Hall at Worthington. There is a note about a Manor House in a 1912 Kellly's Directory, but no description.
- The national grid reference is SK 4020.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
- See our Maps page for additional resources.
- For centuries Worthington was just a township and a chapelry in Breedon on the Hill parish. Sources are unclear on when it became its own Civil Parish.
- Although Worthington is the preferred name of the parish, officially it is "Worthington and Newbold."
- The parish was in the southern (some sources say "western") division of the county in the ancient West Goscote Hundred.
- In April, 1936, Worthington parish was enlarged by 368 acres by gaining part of Breedon on the Hill Civil Parish.
- On that same date, Worthington parish was reduced by 4 acres to enlarge Coleorton Civil Parish.
- Again, on that same date, Worthington parish was enlarged by 12 acres when Thringstone Civil Parish was abolished.
- In 1881, the parish had covered 3,400 acres. It was half that by 1891, then bounced up to 2,108 acres with the 1936 changes above.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Poor Law Union.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1841 |
1,143 |
| 1861 |
1,172 |
| 1871 |
1,134 |
| 1881 |
970 |
| 1891 |
928 |
| 1901 |
953 |
| 1911 |
1,016 |
| 1921 |
1,002 |
| 1931 |
1,088 |
| 1951 |
1,213 |
- There was a Church of England School built in Worthington township prior to 1849.
- There was a National School built in Griffdam township prior to 1849.
- A Public Elementary School was built in Newbold township wnd enlarged in 1899 for 263 children.
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Created: 07-August-2009 - Louis R. Mills
