Etymology

Worthington

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Today it means: A civil parish (without a council) in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD579102). Full definition →

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From the Old English personal name *Weorþ + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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