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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Worton like this:

WORTON, a tything and a chapelry in Potterne parish, Wilts. The tything lies 3 miles SSW of Devizes r. station, and has a post-office under Devizes. Real property, £3, 311. Pop., 401. Houses, 82. The chapelry includes Marston tything, and was constituted in 1851. Pop., 591. Houses, 123. The property is much subdivided The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £137. Patron, the Vicar of Potterne. The church is good; and there is a Wesleyan chapel.

A Vision of Britain through Time includes a large library of local statistics for administrative units. For the best overall sense of how the area containing Worton has changed, please see our redistricted information for the modern district of Kennet. More detailed statistical data are available under Units and statistics, which includes both administrative units covering Worton and units named after it.

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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Worton, in Kennet and Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.