WORTLEY, a chapelry in the parish of TANKERSLEY,
wapentake of STAINCROSS, West riding of the
county of YORK, 5 miles (S. S. W.) from Barnesley,
containing 9Q4 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual
curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of York, endowed
with £300 private benefaction, £400 royal bounty,
and £ 1700 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage
of the Rector of Tankersley. This place, which is
delightfully situated on the river Don, and embosomed
in fine woods, is celebrated in the ancient poem of
"The Dragon of Wantley."