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Worsley
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Worsley () is a village in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England, which in 2014 had a population of 10,090. It lies along Worsley Brook, west of Manchester.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Worsley
- UK place.population
- 10,090
- UK place.population_ref
- (2014 estimate).
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SD7401
- UK place.metropolitan_borough
- City of Salford
- UK place.metropolitan_county
- Greater Manchester
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.post_town
- MANCHESTER
- UK place.postcode_area
- M
- UK place.postcode_district
- M28
- UK place.dial_code
- 0161
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Worsley and Eccles
- UK place.static_image_name
- Worsley packet house closeup large image.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Bridgewater Canal in Worsley, with the Packet House in the background
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Salford
- Population
- 10090
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Worsley packet house closeup large image.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0161
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- Commons category
- Worsley
- OS grid reference
- SD7401
- postal code
- M28
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Worsley
- P8168
- Rainiharo
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
via Wikidata · CC0
~27 min read
Encyclopedic overview
23 sectionsContents
- History
- Toponymy
- Early history
- Bridgewater estates
- Industrial Revolution
- Modern history
- Governance
- Geography
- Demography
- Economy
- Landmarks
- Transport
- Education
- Religious sites
- Sports
- Public services
- Notable people
- Sport
- See also
- References
- Notes
- Bibliography
- External links
Worsley () is a village in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England, which in 2014 had a population of 10,090. It lies along Worsley Brook, west of Manchester.
Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, there is 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Worsley” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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