WORTLEY, (Yorkshire, W.R.) in the p. of Tankersley, on the banks of the Dun, near Wentworth, is a Lp. of above 5000 acres, of which great part is covered with wood, and bears the name of Wharncliffe, i.e. steep rocks, it being very rugged and stony. The ancient and honourable family of the Wortleys are denominated from hence, of whom Sir Thomas, who flourished here in the R. of Edw. IV. Rich. III. Henry VII. and Henry VIII. having a chace in Wharncliffe, built a lodge there; and it appears by an inscription cut on a stone there, that he was Kt. of the Body to all those 4 princes. In the R. of Eliz. there was a park inclosed near that called Wortley-Hall, but in the civil wars it was disparked. There were also a bloomery and a mill in the Lp. in the R. of James I. and Charles I. but the former was demolished afterwards, and a forge erected in its room, The present owner of this Lp. is the honourable Edw. Wortley Montague.