Worting, Hampshire

Not to be confused with Worthing.

Worting
Worting  Worting shown within Hampshire
OS grid reference	SU6035251778
District	Basingstoke and Deane
Shire county	Hampshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BASINGSTOKE
Postcode district	RG22 5
Dialling code	01256
Police	Hampshire
Fire	Hampshire
Ambulance	South Central
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Basingstoke
List of places UK England Hampshire

Worting is a parish in the hundred of Chutely, county Hants, 2 miles W. of Basingstoke. The village is situated near the line of the London and South-Western railway. The surface is undulating, and the soil chalky. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Winchester, value £280. The church, dedicated to Thomas a Becket, has been recently rebuilt. There is a National school, and almshouses for two poor families. The Rev. L. B. Wither is lord of the manor." [From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

The area is bounded to the south by Hatch Warren and the Worting Junction. To the east is the district of Brighton Hill and the Cranbourne area.