A faculty was granted by the Bishop of Norwich to Rowland Holt (Patron) and Henry Patterson (Rector) for "taking down and excusing the rebuilding of one of the parsonages belonging to the Rectory of Wortham Edward w. Jervis annexed."

This parsonage was stated to be above a mile from the church and built of stud and clay work and covered with a thatch.

In addition to a famous story of Margaret Catchpole, he published in 1860 The Biography Of A Victorian Village - Wortham, which contains a series of drawings and character details of various members of the community during the mid-Victorian period.

The novelist and agricultural writer Doreen Wallace moved to Wortham in 1922 for her married life.

The village is served by infrequent daytime, Monday-to-Saturday bus services to Bury St Edmunds and Diss.