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Worth, West Sussex

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The place appears under Surrey in the Domesday book, with the old spelling "Orðe" (pronounced with a silent initial 'w' as in 'one', and including the Saxon letter '
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flourished here in the 17th and 18th centuries. The coming of the railway in 1855 brought more employment to the area, but the line closed in 1967.
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The parish of Worth was one of the larger West Sussex parishes, encompassing the entire area along the West Sussex/
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Worth Park House, a large country house, once stood on the Milton Mount housing estate, now part of
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are located in the modern Worth civil parish. They are in what is now Turners Hill civil parish.
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With the creation of Crawley New Town, Worth village became part of it, in the
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St Nicholas' Church, the ancient parish church of Worth, has Saxon origins.
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border between the town of Crawley, east of its High Street, and
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civil parish brought Worth to a third of its original size.
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Worth, Sussex
Worth is located in West Sussex
West Sussex
2001 Census
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OS grid reference
TQ298364
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Civil parish
District
Mid Sussex
Crawley
Shire county
West Sussex
Region
South East
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
RH10
Dialling code
Police
Sussex
Fire
West Sussex
Ambulance
South East Coast

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