Low Worsall

Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England

Human settlement in England

Low Worsall

Unitary authority

North Yorkshire

Ceremonial county

North Yorkshire

Region

Yorkshire and the Humber

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townYARMPostcode districtTS15PoliceNorth YorkshireFire North 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

^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Low Worsall Parish (1170216886)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 93 Middlesbrough (Darlington & Hartlepool) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2010. ISBN 9780319228777.
^ 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.