What is "whitworth"

Whitworth may refer to:

Places:

• Whitworth, County Durham, a former civil parish in England
  • Whitworth Hall, County Durham
• Whitworth, Lancashire, a town in England
• Whitworth Gardens, Manchester, England
• Whitworth Hall, Manchester, part of the University of Manchester
• Whitworth Park, Manchester
• Whitworth Street, Manchester
• Whitworth, Quebec, an Indian reserve in Canada
• Whitworth Ridge, Prince Charles Mountains, Mac. Robertson Land, Antarctica

People:

• Whitworth (surname)
• Joseph Whitworth, (1803...1887), English inventor and industrialist
• Whitworth Porter (1827–1892), English major general
• Whitworth Wallis (1855–1927), first director of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

Other uses:

• Whitworth rifle, a British made rifle used by the Confederacy in the American Civil War
• Baron Whitworth, two titles in the Peerage of Ireland
• Whitworth University, a private, liberal-arts institution in Spokane, Washington
• Whitworth Park School, a secondary school in Spennymoor, Couny Durham, England
• Whitworths, a dried fruit, home baking and snack products company
• British Standard Whitworth (BSW), a specification for screw fasteners

Whitworth is an Ancient Norman name, located in Whitworth, County Durham.

• Armstrong Whitworth, English manufacturing company
• Earl Whitworth, extinct English title
• George Whitworth (disambiguation)
• Jennings B. Whitworth (1908–1960), American college sports coach
• John Whitworth, RAF officer
• Johnny Whitworth, American actor
• Joseph Whitworth, English engineer
• Kathy Whitworth, American golfer
• Steve Whitworth, (born 1952) English footballer
• Whitworth (jockey), rode the 1841 and 1842 Grand Nationals
• William Whitworth, an Admiral in the Royal Navy
• William Allen Whitworth (1840–1905), English mathematician and priest