Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WORTH

WORTH, a township in Prestbury parish, Cheshire; 6 miles SE of Stockport. Acres, 450. Real property, £6,083; of which £4,330 are in mines. Pop. in 1851, 885; in 1861, 751. Houses, 147. The decrease of pop. was caused by decrease of employment collieries.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Prestbury AP/CP       Worth CP/Tn       Cheshire AncC
Place: Worth

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