{{Short description|Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Use British English|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | coordinates = {{coord|54|28|58|N|1|23|44|W|display=inline,title}} | 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)<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=1170216886|title=Low Worsall Parish |accessdate=30 April 2018}}</ref> | civil_parish = Low Worsall | unitary_england = North Yorkshire | lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire | region = Yorkshire and the Humber | constituency_westminster = | post_town = YARM | postcode_district = TS15 | postcode_area = TS | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = NZ392099 }} '''Low Worsall''' is a small village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, near High Worsall and {{convert|3|mi|km}} west of Yarm.<ref name=OS93>{{cite map|title=Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 93 ''Middlesbrough (Darlington & Hartlepool)''|ISBN= 9780319228777 |publisher=Ordnance Survey|date=2010}}</ref>
From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Hambleton District, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
The name Worsall derives from the Old English ''Weorcshalh'' meaning 'Weorc's nook of land'.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Yorkshire%20NR/Low%20Worsall|title=Low Worsall |website=Key to English Place-Names |publisher=The Institute for Name-Studies |access-date=24 October 2025}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Barton |first1=Peter |title=Low Worsall: the shipping and trade of an eighteenth-century 'port' on the River Tees |journal=The Mariner's Mirror |date=1969 |volume=55 |issue=1 |page=61 |publisher=Society for Nautical Research Taylor & Francis |location=London |doi=10.1080/00253359.1969.10657860 |issn=0025-3359 |oclc=1587947}}</ref> The brothers lived at Worsall Hall, which is now a grade II* listed building.<ref name="nhle">{{NHLE |num= 1294600|desc= Worsall Hall, Low Worsall|access-date= 27 April 2025}}</ref> {{clear left}}
==See also== *Listed buildings in Low Worsall
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==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Low Worsall}}
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Category:Villages in North Yorkshire Category:Civil parishes in North Yorkshire
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