WORFIELD, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Bridgnorth district, Salop. The village stands 3¼ miles NE of Bridgnorth r. station, and has a post-office under Bridgnorth. The parish contains 34 townships, and comprises 10,320 acres. Real property, £19,549. Pop., 1,785. Houses, 381. W. manor belongs to T.Whitmore, Esq.; and Wyken manor, to W. S. Davenport, Esq. A bone cave was discovered in 1809 at Burcott. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £205. Patron, W. S. Davenport, Esq. The church was recently restored. There are endowed schools and charities £101.—The sub-district contains 4 parishes. Acres, 27,925. Pop., 4,955. Houses, 1,043.

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