In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Worthington like this:
WORTHINGTON, a township in Standish parish, Lancashire; 3½ miles N by W of Wigan. Acres, 657. Real property, £1,606. Pop., 133. Houses, 21.
Worthington through time
Worthington is now part of Wigan district. Click here for graphs and data of how Wigan has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Worthington itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Worthington, in Wigan and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11057
Date accessed: 20th October 2024
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