c1910. The spire of St Mark's can be seen in the distance.
Worsley Court House is on the right.
There are many books, pamphlets and articles relating to the history of Worsley and they should all be available at Salford Local History Library.
A selection of them are in stock at Walkden and Worsley Village libraries.
The University of Salford has the Third Duke of Bridgewater Archives.
Select Bibliography
The Bridgewater Canal in Worsley
Aldred, John - The Duke of Bridgewater-his canal (Peel Estates, 2012)
Aldred, John and Judith Atkinson - The Development of the Worsley Delph Industrial Complex 1685-2019 (the authors, 2019)
Atkinson, Glen - The Canal Duke's collieries (Neil Richardson, 1998)
Bridgewater 250. The Archaeology of the World's First Industrial Canal. - Edited by Michael Nevell and Terry Wyke (University of Salford, 2012)
Culpin, Robin - Worsley and the Bridgewater Canal. An Introduction (City of Salford, Revised ed.1996)
Malet, Hugh - Coal, cotton and canals (Neil Richardson, 1981)
Mullineux, Frank - The Duke of Bridgewater's canal (Eccles & District History Society, 1959; second edition, 1988)
Mullineux, Frank - The Duke of Bridgewater's underground canals at Worsley (Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, reprint 1963)
Nevell, Michael and Terry Wyke, Clare Hartwell, Alan Kidd and Norman Redhead - Walking the Bridgewater. (University of Salford, 2020)
Worsley Delph. the birth of a remarakable industrial village [Greater Manchester's Past Revealed, 28] (The Centre for Applied Archeology, Salford, 2020)
The Duke of Bridgewater, his heirs and the Bridgewater Estates
The Bridgewater Estates Collection - Salford Museums and Heritage Service (2008)
Child, Mark - Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere. The Bridgewater Connection (Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd, 2021)
Grayling, Christopher - The Bridgewater Heritage (Bridgewater Estates Ltd, 1983)
Lead, Peter - Agents of Revolution. John and Thomas Gilbert-Entrepreneurs (Centre for Local History, University of Keele, 1989)
Mather, F.C. - After the Canal Duke (Oxford University Press, 1970)
Malet, Hugh - Bridgewater, the Canal Duke 1736-1803 (Manchester University Press, 1977; second impression, Hendon Publishing, 1990)
Histories of Worsley and Roe Green
Aldred, John - The story of Worsley Green (Boothstown and District Local history Society, 2006)
Aldred, John - Worsley. An historical geography (Worsley Civic Trust, undated)
Mullineux, C. Elsie and Bert Tyldesley - Out and about with Elsie and Bert (2001)
Pratt, Ian S. - "Workedsleigh". A history of Worsley (1977)
Speakman, Paul R. - The Queen Cometh. Queen Victoria's visit to Worsley, Salford and Manchester in 1851 (the author, 2016).
Tyldesly, Bert - The Duke's other village (Neil Richardson, 1993)
Wickham, Helen - Worsley in the eighteenth century (Neil Richardson, 1984)
Worsley churches
Hassall, Paul - The history of Worsley Methodist Church
Milliken, H.T. - Changing scene (1976)
Worsley in photographs and illustrations
Aldred, John - Worsley in 1807 from the sketches of Jean Claude Nattes
Monaghan, Ann - Old Worsley and Little Hulton Revisited
Old Worsley and Little Hulton. A book of photographs (Worsley Urban District Council, 1973)
Worsley manor and halls
Mitchell, Aexandra - Worsley New Hall: A Guide to Sources (University of Salford, 2012)
Mullineux, C.Elsie - Halls of the Manor of Worsley
Mullineux, C.Elsie - Mast and Pannage
The Victoria County History of the counties of England. Lancashire Vol.4 (pages.376-392)