Comments on: Descended from a giant: the Worsleys of Hovingham https://historyofparliament.com/2025/09/16/the-worsleys-of-hovingham/ Articles and research from the History of Parliament Trust Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:08:08 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jonathan Spangler https://historyofparliament.com/2025/09/16/the-worsleys-of-hovingham/comment-page-1/#comment-36638 Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:08:08 +0000 https://historyofparliament.com/?p=18608#comment-36638 The Worsley family left some interesting built architecture in Lancashire too, with one branch building Worsley Old Hall, outside Salford, and Platt Hall, south of Manchester City centre. The most well known of this branch became one of Cromwell’s ruling major generals in the 1650s

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