WORTH, a parish in the hundred of BUTTINGHILL, rape of LEWES, county of SUSSEX, 7 miles (N.) from Cuckfield, containing 1725 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Lewes, and diocese of Chichester, rated in the king's books at £13. 3. 4. Mrs. Bethune was patroness in 1803. The church has lately received an addition of one hundred and twenty free sittings, the Incorporated Society for the enlargement of churches and chapels having granted £50 towards defraying the expense. There is a place of worship for Dissenters. Sixteen children are instructed for a rent-charge of £8, the gift of Timothy Shelley, in 1767.