What is "worsley"

Worsley (pronounced locally as Wor-sley) is a town in the metropolitan borough of the City of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England. The population of the town at the 2011 census was 10,035. It lies along the course of Worsley Brook, west of Manchester. The M60 motorway bisects the area.

Historically part of Lancashire, Worsley has provided evidence of Roman and Anglo-Saxon activity, including two Roman roads. The completion in 1761 of the Bridgewater Canal allowed Worsley to expand from a small village of cottage industries to an important town based upon cotton manufacture, iron-working, brick-making and extensive coal mining. Later expansion came after the First and Second World Wars, when large urban estates were built in the region.

Today, Worsley is under consideration to be made a World Heritage Site, including Worsley Delph, a scheduled monument. A significant part of the town's historic centre is now a conservation area.

Worsley was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Worsley may refer to:

• As a surname:
  • Arthington Worsley (1861–1944), English botanist
  • Arthur Worsley, English ventrilloquist
  • Beatrice Helen Worsley, Canadian computer scientist
  • Charles Worsley, English cricketer
  • Frank Worsley, New Zealand explorer
  • Gump Worsley, Canadian hockey-player
  • Henry Worsley several people
  • Israel Worsley (1768−1836), Unitarian minister
  • Joe Worsley, English rugby player
  • Lieutenant General John Worsley (British Army officer)
  • John Worsley (artist), British naval artist and illustrator
  • Les Vandyke, singer and songwriter, also known as John Worsley
  • Rev. John Worsley (scholar), an 18th-century English scholar and schoolmaster
  • J. R. Worsley, English acupuncturist associated with 5 Element Style
  • Katharine Worsley, maiden name of the Duchess of Kent
  • Lucy Worsley, British historian and curator
  • Marcus Worsley, son of William, brother of Katherine
  • Mike Worsley, English rugby player
  • Miller Worsley, English naval officer (19th century)
  • Philip Stanhope Worsley, English poet
  • Richard Worsley, English general
  • Roger L. Worsley, American academic
  • T. C. Worsley, British critic
  • William Worsley (dean) (1435?−1499), dean of St. Paul's cathedral
  • William Worsley, baronet and cricketer, father of the Duchess of Kent
  • Willie Worsley, member of the 1966 NCAA champion Texas Western Miners
• The Worsley family:
  • Worsley baronets
• Worsley, Greater Manchester
  • Worsley (UK Parliament constituency)
• Worsley, Western Australia
• Worsley, Alberta
• Worsley Works