Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Worsbrough within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Worsborough, town and township, Darfield par., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 24 miles S. of Barnsley, 5779 ac., pop. 8443; P.O.; P.O. at Worsborough Bridge, and P.O., T.O. at Worsborough Dale. Worsborough has extensive collieries, ironmills, chemical works, glassworks, paperworks, gunpowder mills, and cornmills. There are two churches and two endowed schools. The township is a local government district, and contains Worsborough Dale, eccl. dist., pop. 5217.