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Wadworth (St. Mary)

WADWORTH (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Doncaster, S. division of the wapentake of Strafforth and Tickhill, W. riding of York, 4½ miles (S.) from Doncaster; containing 681 inhabitants. This parish, which is on the road from Doncaster to Tickhill, comprises by computation 3000 acres. The soil is fertile, and in good cultivation; the surface is agreeably diversified, and richly embellished with wood, of which there are nearly 230 acres. In the parish are some quarries of limestone, used for building, and also for burning into lime. Wadworth Hall is a handsome residence, finely situated. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at £4. 2. 6.; net income, £130; patron, W. Walker, Esq. The tithes were commuted for land in 1767. The church is a spacious and handsome structure, with a massive square tower, and contains two altar-tombs of the Fitzwilliam family, with recumbent effigies of a knight and his lady. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans; also a national school built in 1841. at an expense of £500.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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