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Lancashire Pioneers - The Birleys of Kirkham

Birley people

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Arthur Leyland Birley
Arthur Leyland Birley
of Milbanke b. 1820, d. 1877
 
Arthur Leyland Birley
Arthur Leyland Birley
of Milbanke

 

Edmund Birley
Edmund Birley
Clifton Hall, Near Preston
Charles Birley
Charles Birley
Bartle, near Preston

 

The Rev J Shepherd Birley
The Rev J Shepherd Birley, M.A., Chairman of the Preston Quarter Sessions.
By Sir Daniels Macnee, P.R.S.A.
Thomas Langton Birley
Thomas Langton Birley
Carr Hill, Kirkham

 

The Birley Family Vault
The Birley Family Vault
The Birley Family Vault

St Michael's churchyard at Kirkham

Amongst those buried here are Ada, the last of the family to die in Kirkham and Edmund William, the last Birley to be buried in the town who died in December 1940.

John, the first to be buried at Kirkham, in 1767, lies with his second wife, Elizabeth, in a separate grave a little nearer the church

 

1851 census of Kirkham (Click to enlarge the image)
The 1851 census of Kirkham shows Charles Birley living in Church Street with his wife Elizabeth, four sons and five servants
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The family tree of Birley of Kirkham (Click to enlarge the image)
The family tree of Birley of Kirkham.
The names of those members of the family who were particularly important in Kirkham are highlighted
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