Wortham (St. Mary)

WORTH AM (St. Mary), a parish, in the union and hundred of Hartismere, W. division of Suffolk, 2 miles (W. S. W.) from Diss; containing 1116 inhabitants. It is bounded on the north by the river Waveney, separating the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk; and comprises 2694a. 21p., of which 2445 acres are under cultivation. The living is a rectory, once in medieties called Everard and Jervis, now consolidated, the former valued in the king's books at £13. 2. 8½., and the latter at £13. 1. 0½.; patron and incumbent, the Rev. R. Cobbold. The tithes have been commuted for £860, and the glebe comprises 41 acres. The church is in the decorated English style, with a circular tower of more ancient date, now in ruins. On Wortham Ling are some remains of a Roman camp.