WADWORTH, a parish in the southern division
of the wapentake of STRAFFORTH-and-TICKHILL, West
riding of the county of YORK, 5 miles (S.) from Doncaster,
containing 614 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
vicarage, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the
Dean and Chapter of York, rated in the king's books
at £4. 2. 6., endowed with £200 royal bounty, ann
the patronage of the Impropriator of Wadworth. The
church is dedicated to St. Mary. There is a place ofworship
for Wesleyan Methodists.