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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Worthing like this:
WORTHING, a parish in Mitford district, Norfolk; 1½ mile S of Elmham r. station. Post town, Elmham, under Thetford. Acres, 690. Real property, £1,036. Pop., 170. Houses, 34. The manor belongs to the Rev. H. Lombe. The living is a rectory, annexed to Swanton-Morley. The church is good.
Worthing is now part of BRECKLAND District. Click here for graphs and data of how BRECKLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Worthing itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Worthing, in Breckland and Norfolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1674
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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