Lancashire Lantern
Lancashire Lantern: Lancashire Pioneers
Part of the Lancashire Lantern network, the Pioneers gives details of people who were famous local people in science, technology and innovation. These pioneers were either born in Lancashire or their endeavours made a significant contribution to the development of the County.
Birley people
Arthur Leyland Birley
of Milbanke b. 1820, d. 1877
Arthur Leyland Birley
of Milbanke
Edmund Birley
Clifton Hall, Near Preston
Charles Birley
Bartle, near Preston
The Rev J Shepherd Birley, M.A.,
Chairman of the Preston Quarter Sessions.
By Sir Daniels Macnee, P.R.S.A.
Thomas Langton Birley
Carr Hill, Kirkham
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.
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.
The names of those members of the family who were particularly important in Kirkham are highlighted
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