Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WORTH

WORTH, a parish and a sub-district in East Grinstead district, Sussex. The parish lies on the London and Brighton and the East Grinstead railways, 6½ miles W by S of East Grinstead includes Crawley-Down, Tilgate-Forest, Old-House-Warren, Pound-Hill, Rickmans-Green, Wakemans-Green, Copthorne, and Turners-Hill; contains the r. stations of Three Bridges, Rowfant, and Grange-Road; and has post-offices of Crawley-Down and Pound-Hill under Crawley, a hotel at Three Bridges, a literary and scientific institution at Pound-Hill, and a small workhouse . Acres, 13,250. Real property, £11,198. Pop. in 1851, 2,475; in 1861, 2,988. Houses, 539. The property is much subdivided. W. Park, Tilgate house , Crabbett Park, Rowfant Hall, Huntsland , the Grange and the Grove are chief residences. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £608.* Patron, G. Banks, Esq. The church is Anglo-Saxon, cruciform, curious, and good. The p. curacy of Crawley-Down is a separate benefice. There are two Calvinist chapels, two national schools, and charities £34.—The sub-district contains 3 parishes. Acres, 18,883. Pop., 4,581. Houses, 839.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish and a sub-district"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Worth CP/AP       Worth SubD       East Grinstead RegD/PLU       Sussex AncC
Place: Worth

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