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Low Worsall

Coordinates: 54°29′00″N 1°23′45″W / 54.483210°N 1.395780°W / 54.483210; -1.395780
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Low Worsall
All Saints' Church
Low Worsall is located in North Yorkshire
Low Worsall
Low Worsall
Location within North Yorkshire
Population279 (including High Worsall. 2011 census)[1]
OS grid referenceNZ392099
Civil parish
  • Low Worsall
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townYARM
Postcode districtTS15
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire
54°29′00″N 1°23′45″W / 54.483210°N 1.395780°W / 54.483210; -1.395780

Low Worsall is a small village and civil parish in Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England, near High Worsall and 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Yarm.[2]

In 1732, Richard and Thomas Peirse developed a port on the southern banks of the River Tees at Low Worsall, and named it Peirseburgh. The river was naviagable as far as Worsall at that time, and exports of lead would pass through Worsall to be loaded onto ships at Yarm. The brothers developed a port to capture road traffic and transfer it to and from ships.[3]

References

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  1. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Low Worsall Parish (1170216886)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  2. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 93 Middlesbrough (Darlington & Hartlepool) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2010. ISBN 9780319228777.
  3. ^ Barton, Peter (1969). "Low Worsall: the shipping and trade of an eighteenth-century 'port' on the River Tees". The Mariner's Mirror. 55 (1). London: Society for Nautical Research Taylor & Francis: 61. ISSN 0025-3359. OCLC 1587947.
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