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Worsthorne is a rural village on the eastern outskirts of Burnley in Lancashire, England. It is in the civil parish of Worsthorne-with-Hurstwood and the borough of Burnley . At the 2011 census the village had a population of 1,028.
Sir Peregrine Gerard Worsthorne (22 December 1923 – 4 October 2020) was a British journalist, writer, and broadcaster. He spent the largest part of his career at the Telegraph newspaper titles, eventually becoming editor of The Sunday Telegraph for several years.
HISTORIAN Jack Nadin takes a stroll round the village of Worsthorne, which means 'homestead by the the thorn bush'. The most imposing building around the green is St John's Church, which was...
5 days ago · This was the origin of the later manor of WORSTHORNE, for which Oliver and his heirs by Emma, formerly his wife, were to pay 1d. a year at St. Giles's feast. In 1311 Oliver de Stansfield was recorded as holding of Henry de Lacy the hamlet of Worsthorne by rendering 1d. yearly.
Dec 22, 2023 · The Daily Telegraph had been owned since the 1920s by the Berry family, headed by Viscount Camrose until his death in 1954. His elder son Seymour inherited the title but not responsibility for the newspaper, understandably enough if Evelyn Waugh could describe visiting White’s club in Mayfair to find “Seymour Camrose helplessly drunk before ...
May 18, 2010 · Worsthorne takes its name from Wordestorn which means a homestead. It was owned in the 13th century by Henry de Worst. There is plenty to discover about Worsthorne and its surrounding area.
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Oct 8, 2020 · Among Worsthorne’s early memories is of being shouted at by Winston Churchill because he had been shown to a room with an unmade bed, and of learning from an American named Herbert Hoover that,...
