The Towneley or Townley family are an English family whose ancestry can be traced back to Anglo-Saxon England. Towneley Hall in Burnley, Lancashire, was...

farm called Towneley Farm with pastures and plantations extending eastwards into Cliviger. The hall was the home of the Towneley family from around 1200...

The Wakefield or Towneley Mystery Plays are a series of thirty-two mystery plays based on the Bible most likely performed around the Feast of Corpus Christi...

Towneley is a surname, and may refer to: Charles Townley (1 October 1737 – 3 January 1805[1]), British antiquary Caroline Theresa Towneley (1838–1873)...

English country gentleman, antiquary and collector, a member of the Towneley family. He travelled on three Grand Tours to Italy, buying antique sculpture...

historical principal family seats of English royal, titled and landed gentry families. Some of these seats are no longer occupied by the families with which they...

Richard Towneley (10 October 1629 – 22 January 1707) was an English mathematician, natural philosopher and astronomer, resident at Towneley Hall, near...

Sir Simon Peter Edmund Cosmo William Towneley KCVO KCSG JP (né Koch de Gooreynd; 14 December 1921 – 11 November 2022) was a British author who served as...

Christopher Towneley (9 January 1604 – August 1674) was an English antiquarian from an old Roman Catholic, Lancashire family. Often called ‘the Transcriber’...

for architectural excellence. Towneley Hall was the home of the Towneley family for more than 500 years. Various family members were influential in the...

Francis Towneley (9 June 1709 – 30 July 1746) was an English Catholic and supporter of the exiled House of Stuart or Jacobite. After service with the French...

represents the town's motto "Hold to the Truth", derived from the Towneley family. The two bees refer to the town's hard work ethic, while the lion represents...

Queen Elizabeth II. The grandson of Maurice Towneley-O'Hagan, 3rd Baron O'Hagan, he inherited the family title at the age of 16 on his grandfather's death...

was founded by Richard Eastwood of Thorneyholme, land agent to the Towneley family. Eastwood was the last known Bowbearer of the Forest of Bowland. An...

politician. He was an early member of the Towneley family of Towneley Hall in Burnley. The land at Towneley was enclosed by the Deans of Whalley around 1200...

Colonel Richard Townley (died 1711) was born in England probably at Astlam (Astleham) Manor in Littleton (formerly in Middlesex, today in Surrey). He was...

lapsed; it was revived in 2008. In 1885, the estates of the Towneleys, an aristocratic family, were broken up following the death of the last male heir...

Colonel John Towneley DL (16 February 1806 – 21 February 1878) was a wealthy English Gentleman from an old Roman Catholic, Lancashire family. He entered...

Richard Greaves Townley (20 July 1786 – 5 May 1855) was an English Whig politician. He was elected at a by-election in November 1831 as a Member of Parliament...

Charles Towneley JP DL FRS FSA (January 1803 – 5 November 1876) was a wealthy English Gentleman from an old Roman Catholic, Lancashire family. He entered...

53°42′14″N 1°13′59″W / 53.704°N 1.233°W / 53.704; -1.233 The Mary Towneley Loop is a 47-mile (76 km) circular route that forms part of the Pennine Bridleway...

Maurice Herbert Towneley Towneley-O'Hagan, 3rd Baron O'Hagan (20 February 1882 – 18 December 1961), was a British Liberal and later Conservative politician...

Maximilian Gowran Townley (22 June 1864 – 12 December 1942) was a British land agent, agriculturist and politician. He served one term in Parliament as...

Gladstone's first two governments, and of Alice Towneley from Lancashire's prominent Towneley family, from whom he inherited considerable land holdings...

Manor and was the property of Thomas Wimbishe and subsequently the Towneley family. In the 1670s while Nocton belonged to Sir Charles Stanhope, his niece...

Montagu Henry Edmund Cecil Towneley-Bertie, 13th Earl of Lindsey and 8th Earl of Abingdon (2 November 1887 – 11 September 1963) styled Lord Norreys between...

published by Walker Books. Born Katharine Mary Towneley, she is the third daughter of Sir Simon Towneley and Lady Mary Fitzherbert. She grew up at Dyneley...

died on 20 November 1921. After the death of John Towneley in 1878, O'Hagan inherited the Towneley family trustee position at the British Museum. Lord O'Hagan...

The Standish family is an ancient English feudal manorial family and one of the oldest Anglo-Norman noble lineages. This Norman-roots family has been settled...

William Townley Mitford (27 June 1817 – 18 April 1889) was a Victorian Conservative Party politician in Britain. He was born at Pitshill in West Sussex...