Worthington

Other current and historical names

Werditone
Worthington and Newbold

Parish/Community: Worthington
District/Borough: North West Leicestershire
County: Leicestershire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°46'54"N 1°23'46"W
Eastings/Northings: 440827, 320638
OS Grid: SK408206
Mapcode Local: GBR 7J1.MT8
Mapcode Global: WHDHM.JBCR

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Worthington within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Worthington in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

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

Worthington in the Domesday Book

A village in Goscote hundred, in the county of Leicestershire.

- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Henry of Ferrers
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Henry of Ferrers
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 1 shillings in 1070; £1 in 1086
- Households: 6 villagers; 2 smallholders; 4 freemen
- Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs (5 plough lands)
- Woodland: 4 furlongs

British Place Names

Worthington, Leicestershire

Worthington is a village in Leicestershire

Worthington in historic gazetteers

Worthington in the Domesday Book