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The Anglo-Saxon church of St Nicholas, Worth, is remarkably complete, having an apsidal chancel and a rectangular nave with porticus or transepts at its E end. The tower on the N side of the chancel was built in 1871, and the N porch was added in 1886. The font probably dates from the early 13thc.
The 1086 Domesday Survey records that Worth was a small settlement held by Count Robert of Mortain. No church was mentioned.
In 1986 fire damaged the 19thc. roof; it was replaced between February 1987 and June 1988.
The upper part of the font probably dates from the early 13thc., but continues the tradition of Sussex marble fonts which thrived throughout the region in the late 12thc. It is usually dated to the late 12thc. It has been suggested that the lower block is earlier. Stylistically, it is Early English.
H. M. and J. Taylor, Anglo-Saxon Architecture, vol. 2, Cambridge, 1965, 688-93.
Victoria County History: Sussex VII (Rape and Honour of Lewes), 1940, 197-99.
W. S. Walford, 'On the Church at Worth' Sussex Archaeological Collections 8 1856, 235-45.
