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Worthington is a village in North West Leicestershire, England. It lies 5 miles from the market...

Worthington is a village in North West Leicestershire, England. It lies 5 miles from the market town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch and has a population of approximately 675 people. Surrounding villages include Newbold, Griffydam, Breedon on the Hill, Lount, and Osgathorpe. The country houses of Staunton Harold and Calke Abbey are also nearby. The village has major transport links being 5 miles from East Midlands Airport and 7 miles from where the A42 converges with the M1 motorway. The village is recorded in the Domesday Book (1086) as "Werditone" and probably derives from the family name of "Werden", or a man called "Weorth", and is most likely to have been an Anglo Saxon settlement The Domesday entry also lists Henry de Ferrers as owning 4 carucates of land in the area. The village history is mostly that of a rural farming community. During the 20th century however it rapidly expanded to house workers for nearby collieries. This created a new road in the centre of the village (St Matthews Avenue). By the 1990s many of the local collieries had ceased operating and the village began to shed its mining identity. Despite the collapse of coalmining another road (Chapel Rise) was added in the