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Rh WORTHING. 877 WORTLEY. the sanitary provisions are now good. A constant service of pure water is laid on to every house. The esplanade extends for three quarters of a mile along the shore, and the bathing-machines and baths are of superior charac- ter, especially the Royal Baths on the Marine-parade, where warm, cold, and medicated vapour baths are in constant readiness. Worthing first became a resort of sea-bathers and pleasure-seekers towards the close of the last century, after the visit of Princess Amelia in 1798 ; it was subsequently visited by the Princess Charlotte and Queen Caroline, and in 1849 by the late Queen Dowager and suite, who stayed here for a fortnight. The town is well laid out, and has several good streets, with an iron pier, 960 feet long by 15 wide, at the bottom of South-street, erected in 1862 at a cost of 4,182. The Steyne consists of about 3 acres of orna- mental grounds, fronting Warwick and Worthing Houses, which are let out in apartments. The corn- exchange is close to the railway station, and the assem- bly-rooms are attached to the Steyne Hotel ; there are also subscription-libraries, news-rooms, theatre built in 1807, two branch banks, savings-bank, market opened in 1810, union poorhouse, and a dispensary. The popu- lation in 1861 was 6,550. Many of the people are employed in the mackerel and herring fishery for the supply of the London market. The town is under the management of a local board of health, and in the charge of the county magistrates, who hold petty ses- sions here. It is a polling-place for West Sussex, and a coast-guard station, also the head of a new county court and superintendent registry district. The livings of both churches in the town are perpet. curs, in the arch- deac. and dioc. of Chichester, val. respectively 150 and 300, in the gift of the Rector of Broad water. The chapel- of-ease was erected in 1812, and Christchurch in 1843. A new church is being built, to be dedicated to St. George. The greater part of the sittings in the latter are free. The Independents, Wesleyans, and Christian Brethren have chapels. There are National schools, some of which have been recently built, and two sets of alms- houses, St. Elizabeth's for four single women, and Hum- phreys, built in 1858, for six aged men and their wives. On Lancing Down are traces of a Roman camp, and at Cisbury of a British earthwork covering CO acres. Mar- ket-day is Saturday, and a corn-market fortnightly on Wednesday. WORTHING, a par. in the hund. of Lauuditch, eo. Norfolk, 4 miles N.E. of East Dereham, and half a mile from Elmham railway station. It is watered by a stream falling into the river Wensum. The living is a rcct. in the dioc. of Norwich, joint val., with that of Swanton Morley, 1,065. The church is dedicated to St. Margaret. WORTHING CHRISTCHURCH, an ecclesiastical district in the par. of Broadwater, co. Sussex, adjoining ihe town of Worthing. WORTHINGTON, a chplry. in the par. of Breedon- on-the-Hill, hund. of West Goscote, co. Leicester, 4J miles N.E. of Ashby-de-la-Zouch. It comprises the three tnshps. of Griffydam, Newbold, and Worthington, and the limit, of Pegg's Green, at which last is a col- liery. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Peter- borough, val. 100. The church is dedicated to St. Matthew. The Wesloyaus have two chapels, one at Worthington, and the other at Griffydam. There are National and church schools. Earl Ferrers is lord of the manor. WORTHINGTON, a tnshp. in the par. of Blandish, co. Lancaster, 3 miles N. of Wigan, near the Leeds and Liverpool canal. WORTH-MATRAVERS, a par. in the hund. of Row- barrow, co. Dorset, 3 miles 8.E. of Corfe Castle, and 3 S.W. of Swanage. It is situated on the coast of the Knglish Channel, and contains the hmlts. of Downshay, Eustington, Haycroft, Quar, Reutscombe, Weston, and Woody-Hide, at which last is a quarry of green marble, of which pillars have been erected in many of the cathedrals, and recently employed for the decoration of the Temple church in London. There are also quarries of Purbeck and freestone. Overlooking the English Channel is St. Albau's Head, formed by a spur of the Middle Purbecks, which rises 450 feet above the level of the sea, and has on its summit a signal-house, also the remains of an old chapel, dedicated to St. Aldhelin or St. Alban, built and vaulted with stone, and supported by a single massive pillar. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Salisbury, val. 150, in the patron, of the Rector of Swanage. The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas. WORTH, WEST, a tythg. in the par. of Edmonds- ham, co. Dorset, 2 miles S.E. of Cranborne. WORTHY, HEADBOURN, a par. in the lower div. of Fawley hund., co. Hants, 1J mile N. of Winchester. The village is situated on the river Itchen, which is navigable from Winchester to Southampton. The living is a reel.* in the dioc. of Winchester, val. 420, in the patron, of University College, Oxford. The church is dedicated to St. Martin. There is a National school. The charities produce about 7. Joseph Bingham, the ecclesiastical historian, author of " Origines Ecclesias- tics," was once rector. WORTHY MARTYR. See MAIITYH-WOKTHY, co. Hants. WORTING, a par. in the hund. of Chutely, co. Hants, 2 miles W. of Basingstoke. The village is situated near the line of the London and South- Western railway. The surface is undulating, and the soil chalky. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Winchester, val. 280. The church, dedicated to Thomas a Beclcet, has been recently rebuilt. There is a National school, and almshouses for two poor families. The Rev. L. B. Wither is lord of the manor. WORTLEY, a tythg. in the par. of Wotton-under- Edgo, co. Gloucester, 1 mile S.E. of Wotton. WORTLEY, a tnshp. and ecclesiastical district in the par. of St. Peter's, Leeds, ward of Holbcck, West Riding co. York, 2 miles S. W. of Leeds, within which borough it is comprised, and C^ from Bradford. The Leeds and Bradford and the Leeds and Dewsbury railways have both stations here. The tnshp. contains the modern suburb of New Wortley, adjoining Wellington Bridge, the vils. of Lower and Upper Wortley, Greenside, and Silver Royd Hill, with some scattered hmlts. The population has rapidly increased of late years, and in 1861 contained 12,058 inhabitants, but the ecclesiastical district of New Wortley contains 7,334. The working classes are chiefly employed in the woollen manufacture, the potteries, and coalpits, and in the making of sanitary tubes and fire-bricks. Tho soil is fertile, and the com- mons have been recently enclosed. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Ripon, val. 130. The church, dedicated to St. John, was built in 1787, but not consecrated till 1813. The Wesleyans, Independents, Primitive and Association Methodists, have chapels. There are a free school and National schools. WORTLEY, a tnshp. and vil. in the par. of Tan- kersley, upper div. of Staincross wap., West Riding co. York, 8J miles N. of Sheffield, its post town, and 7 S.W. of Barnsley. It has stations on the Manchester, Shef- field, and Lincolnshire, Great Northern, and London and North- Western railways. Tho tnshp. is separated on the W. from Bradfield and part of the parish of Penistone by the river Don, and includes the hmlts. of Bromley, Finkle Street, Hermit Hill, Howbrook, and Smithy Folds. The chief seats are Wharncliffe Hall, the seat of Lord Wharncliffe, who is lord of the manor, and Wharncliffe Lodge, for many generations the seat of the Wortley family ; the latter was built in 1610 by Sir Thomas Wortley, ancestor of the Hon. Edward Montague and the Lady Mary Wortley Montague. Near the old seat are Wharncliffe crags, the scene of the ballad of the Dragon of Wantley. The soil is clayey, and the substratum abounds in coal, iron- stone, and gritstone. There are collieries, iron and steel works, agricultural implement factories, brick and tile kilns, and stone quarries. The Wharncliffe Silkstono Company have their works nere. The population in 1857 was 1,095, and in 1861 it was 1,121. The living La a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of York, val. 120. Tho