Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WORTHAM

WORTHAM, a parish, with a scattered village, in Hartismere district, Suffolk; 3 miles WSW of Diss r. station. It has a post-office under Diss. Acres, 2,726. Real property, £5,300. Pop. in 1851, 1,086; in 1861, 961,-of whom 62 were in Hartismere children's workhouse. Houses, 179. The property is much subdivided. Ellismere house is the seat ofHarrison, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £860.* Patron, Kings College, Cambridge. The church is old. There are a national school, and charities £7.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a scattered village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Wortham AP/CP       Hartismere RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place: Wortham

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