Worlingworth

In Old English, the meaning of Worlingworth is an 'enclosure of the followers of Wilhere'. Broken down, 'Wilhere' is a personal name, '-ingas' means 'the people of' or 'the people called after' and 'worð' is for 'an enclosure'.{{cite web|title=Key to English Place-names|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Suffolk/Worlingworth|publisher=The University of Nottingham|accessdate=25 February 2014}}

The Domesday Book of 1086 states Worlingworth to be "quite large", with a population of 32 households, made up from 16 villagers, 14 smallholders, 1 slave and 1 freeman. The livestock of Worlingworth in 1066 included 8 cattle, 24 pigs, 25 sheep, 35 goats and 2 horses, this remained the same by 1086 however the village had gained 6 beehives and lost the 2 horses.{{cite web|last=Plamer|first=Professor J.J.N|title=Place: Worlingworth|url=http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TM2368/worlingworth/|publisher=University of Hull|accessdate=3 March 2014}}

The Swan Inn was originally built shortly before 1550, by Swan Lane.{{cite book |last1=Ingate |first1=Rosemary |last2=Robinson |first2=Geoffrey |title=Worlingworth past and present in photographs. Volume two |date=2016 |publisher=Worlingworth Local History Group |location=Worlingworth |isbn=978-0-9572292-2-8}}

John Marius Wilson wrote about Worlingworth in 1870 and described it as:

:"a parish, with a village, in Hoxne district, Suffolk; 5 miles NW by N of Framlingham r. station. It has a post-office under Wickham-Market. Acres, 2,446. Real property, £4,562. Pop., 740. Houses, 170. The manor, with W. Hall, belongs to Lord Henniker."{{cite book|last=Wilson|first=John Marius|title=Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales|date=1870–72|publisher=A.Fullarton & Co.|location=Edinburgh|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8124|edition=1st|accessdate=5 February 2014}}

In 1801 the village had the facilities of a blacksmith, a wheelwright, a shoemaker, a dressmaker, a brewers and maltsters, a general tradesman, a general store, a beerhouse and coaching inn, a workhouse, a school, a church and a stately hall.{{cite web|title=Places|url=http://www.wlhg.org/?pagename=06.Places|publisher=Worlingworth Local History Group|accessdate=19 March 2014}}

The workhouse was founded in 1730, after the village guild hall was converted. It was able to accommodate 35 people up until it was closed in 1836, shortly after outbreaks of typhus in 1820.{{cite web|title=The Parish Workhouse|url=http://www.wlhg.org/?pagename=06.Places-The+Parish+Workhouse|publisher=Worlingworth Local History Group|accessdate=27 April 2014}}

By 2014 the village amenities have changed considerably compared to those available in 1801. There is now a church, a community centre, and a primary school. The village had a public house called The Swan Inn, which closed in 2016.{{cite web|title=About our village|url=http://worlingworth.onesuffolk.net/about-our-village/|publisher=Welcome To Worlingworth|accessdate=19 March 2014}} The building is still standing as it is a grade II listed building.

File:Worlingworth population time series 1801-2011.jpg The earliest records for population in Worlingworth date back to the 1801 census where there was a total population of 729.{{cite web|title=Total Population|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10279896/cube/TOT_POP|publisher=A Vision of Britain Through Time|accessdate=23 April 2014}} There has been a steady decline in Worlingworth's total population from 1851 where the population total was 811 to 460 in 1961, possibly due to the migration of people and families to towns or cities to find work in factories rather than as farm labourers. By 2011 the population had increased to 802, and was made up of 390 females and 412 males.{{cite web|title=Sex, 2011|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=11130961&c=worlingworth&d=16&e=61&g=6466578&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1398258147051&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2493|publisher=Neighbourhood Statistics|accessdate=23 April 2014}}

In 1831 the majority of Worlingworth's population, 78 people, were classed as Labourers and Servants, the lowest social class, compared to just 27 people who were in the highest being Employers and Professionals. 43 people were of the Middling Sorts which includes masters, skilled workers and small farmers who do not employ labourers and just 21 classified as Other.{{cite web|title=Social Status, based on 1831 occupational statistics|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10279896/cube/SOC1831|publisher=A Vision of Britain|accessdate=27 April 2014}} This suggests that Worlingworth was a small rural community which was strongly based around agriculture.

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The enumeration of 1831 shows Worlingworth to have a total population of 729, split between 145 families. 86 people were "chiefly employed in agriculture", the biggest employer as only 30 people were working in trade, manufacturing and handicraft and just 29 in other classes.{{cite web|work=Online Historical Population Reports|title=Enumeration abstract, 1831 (Part 2) page 614|url=http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/PageBrowser2?ResourceType=Census&ResourceType=Legislation&ResourceType=Essays&ResourceType=Registrar%20General&ResourceType=TNA&SearchTerms=worlingworth&simple=yes&path=Results&active=yes&titlepos=0&mno=14&pageseq=58|publisher=University of Essex|accessdate=27 March 2014}}

In the 1881 census, 324 people were counted in the occupation section in Worlingworth. The main occupation for the villagers at this time was in agriculture which employed 103 males, 81 of these worked as an agricultural labourer, farm servant or cottager. 30 females were employed as domestic indoor servants,

although the majority of females, 75, were without specified occupations, the second biggest employment sector within Worlingworth in 1881.{{cite web|title=1881 Census of England and Wales|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/census/table_page.jsp?tab_id=EW1881AGE_M10&u_id=10279896&show=DB|publisher=A Vision of Britain Through Time|accessdate=19 March 2014}}

The 2001 census shows that there are 487 economically active people, ages 16 to 74, in Worlingworth. The majority, 181 of these were in full-time employment, compared to only 67 who were in part-time employment.{{cite web|title=Economic Activity – All People, 2001|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=11130961&c=worlingworth&d=16&e=15&g=6466578&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1398260029784&enc=1&dsFamilyId=21|publisher=Neighbourhood Statistics|accessdate=27 April 2014}}

In 2011, the occupations of the villagers was almost equally mixed between employment sectors. The biggest employing sector was Wholesale and Retail Trade which employed 52 people. The second largest sector was Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing which employed 47 people, this includes L.E Tuckwell Ltd. who is an agricultural supplier and a major employer within Worlingworth.{{cite web|title=Industry, 2011|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=11130961&c=worlingworth&d=16&e=61&g=6466578&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1398610296833&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2513|publisher=Neighbourhood Statistics|accessdate=27 April 2014}}

File:Occupation of Males and Females in Worlingworth 1881.png

File:Industry of Employment in Worlingworth 2011.png

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