What is "hollingworth"

Hollingworth is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, in Greater Manchester, England. It is about 12 miles (19 km) east of Manchester on the Derbyshire border near Glossop. Historically part of Cheshire, it gave its name to a family who owned much of the surrounding area from before the time of the Norman conquest.

Hollingworth may refer to:

• Hollingworth (surname)
• Hollingworth, a village in Tameside, Greater Manchester
• Hollingworth Reservoir near Hollingworth, Tameside
• Hollingworth Lake, Littleborough, Greater Manchester.

Hollingworth is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Al Hollingworth (1918–2005), Canadian lawyer, politician and judge
• Clare Hollingworth (born 1911), British journalist and author
• Elizabeth Hollingworth, Australian judge in the Supreme Court of Victoria
• Guy Hollingworth (born 1974), English barrister, conjuror, author and lecturer
• John Hollingworth (actor), British actor
• John Hollingworth (politician) (born 1930), British politician
• Peter Hollingworth (born 1935), Australian Governor-General and Archbishop
• Leta Stetter Hollingworth (1886–1939), American psychologist