Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 54.4832°N -1.3958°W |
Official Name: | Low Worsall |
Static Image: | All Saints' Church, Low Worsall.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | All Saints' Church |
Population: | 279 |
Population Ref: | (including High Worsall. 2011 census) |
Civil Parish: | Low Worsall |
Unitary England: | North Yorkshire |
Lieutenancy England: | North Yorkshire |
Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Post Town: | YARM |
Postcode District: | TS15 |
Postcode Area: | TS |
Os Grid Reference: | NZ392099 |
Low Worsall is a small village and civil parish in Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England, near High Worsall and 3miles west of Yarm.[1]
In 1732, Richard and Thomas Peirse developed a port on the southern banks of the River Tees at Low Worsall, and named it Peirseburgh. The river was naviagable as far as Worsall at that time, and exports of lead would pass through Worsall to be loaded onto ships at Yarm. The brothers developed a port to capture road traffic and transfer it to and from ships.[2]