Historic Documents

Historic Documents

Like all communities we acquire various documents over time. Some documents manage to survive whilst others simpy disappear.
Below, we showcase some of the documents that have survived.

We are always on the lookout for interesting documents and If you something you think we may be interested in please use the Contact Form in the menu or send an email to history@ewph.uk.

Domesday Book

On the Open Domesday project holds images of the 1086 Domesday records with several entries for the East Worlington Parish area: Blagrove, Adworthy, East & West Worlington, Pedley, Ruston and Assescote.

Muster Role 1569

The West Worlington Parish muster role of  1569 shows the name and skillset of all able bodied men within the parish.

East Worlington Tithe Map 1839

The East Worlington tithe map is a pen and ink map dated 1839 drawn to a scale of the map is 2 chains to 1 inch, which is approximates to a scale of 1600:1.

East Worlington Supplementary Tithe Map 1839

The East Worlington supplementary tithe maps are pen and ink map dated to 1839 and covers areas that were part of the Witheridge Ecclesiatical Parish.

West Worlington Tithe Map 1841

The West Worlington tithe map is dated 1841 and drawn to a scale of 6 chains to 1 inch, which is approximates to a scale of 4800:1. West Worlington parish has a detached parcel of land shown in the top left of the map.

Window Tax Records

Records of Window Taxes forWest Worlington 1785.

The window tax was a property tax levied on the number of windows in a house, introduced in England and Wales in 1696 and repealed in 1851.

Land Tax Records

Records of Land Taxes forWest Worlington 1780, 1791, 1815, 1830.

The UK land tax in the 1700s was the main form of direct taxation, levied annually on the notional rental value of land and property. 

1912 Property Tax

The Property Tax of 1912 provided for the levy and collection of a duty on the increment value of all land in the United Kingdom. The East Worlington records state the tax was for “Special Expenses chargeable under the Public Health act 1875).

Parish Hall Account Book

The East Worlington Parish Hall committee maintained their accounting records from 1921 through to 1995 in a single manual ledge which has been scanned for presentation online.

 

Possible Etymology of Worlington

It seems likely Worlington is a name in three parts: Worl – ing – ton.

The ‘ing’ means “people of” and ‘ton’ is enclosure, estate or homestead.

 In the Domesday (1086) entry Worlington was held by the Saxon free-woman Ulvena, hence Uluvedington later possible corrupted to Worlington.

Alternatively ‘Worl’ is probably a shortened form of any one of the Old English personal names: Wilhere, Wulfred, Wulffrith or Werwulf.