Place:Worthington, Leicestershire, England

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NameWorthington
Alt namesWerditonesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 163
TypeInhabited place
Coordinates52.783°N 1.4°W
Located inLeicestershire, England
See alsoWest Goscote Hundred, Leicestershire, Englandhundred in which the parish was included
Ashby-de-la-Zouch Rural, Leicestershire, Englandrural district of which it was part 1894-1974
North West Leicestershire District, Leicestershire, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
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Worthington is a village and civil parish in the North West Leicestershire District of Leicestershire, England, about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of the town of Coalville and a similar distance north-east of the market town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch. The village is about 5 miles (8 km) from East Midlands Airport and junction 23a of the M1 motorway where it meets the A42 road. The parish also includes the hamlet of Newbold (Worthington) (redirected here).

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