wortons

Updated: May 23, 2025

The parish of the two Wortons has for years been a family living in the possession of the Wilsons, so an old friend, a relation of Bishop Wilson, tells me. It was at Worton Church that John Newman preached his first sermon, 23rd June, 1825. Rev. Walter Mayers went as curate, in 1823, to Rev. William Wilson, and took charge of Worton parish.

Giberne Sieveking - Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman