Bilney
Bilney is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Gordon Bilney (1939–2012), Australian politician * Ray Bilney (born 1945), Australian cyclist *Thomas Bilney (c.1495–1531), English Christian martyr Other *Bilney railway station Bilney railway station was located on the line between and . It served the village of West Bilney, and closed in 1866. History The Bill for the Lynn and Dereham Railway The Lynn and Dereham Railway was a standard gauge single track ...

Thomas Bilney
Thomas Bilney ( 149519 August 1531) was an English Christian martyr. Early life Thomas Bilney was born around 1495 in Norfolk, most likely in Norwich. Nothing is known of his parents except that they outlived him. He entered Trinity Hall, Cambridge at a young age, around the year 1510. During his life he was nicknamed ''Little Bilney'' because of his short stature. Education At Cambridge, he studied law, graduating LL.B. and taking holy orders in 1519. Finding no satisfaction in the mechanical system of the schoolmen, he turned his attention to the Greek edition of the New Testament published by Erasmus in 1516. During his reading in the Epistles, he was struck by the words of 1 Timothy 1:15, which in English reads, "''This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am the chief.''" "Immediately", he records, "I felt a marvellous comfort and quietness, insomuch that my bruised bones lept for ...
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Gordon Bilney
Gordon Neil Bilney (21 June 193928 October 2012) was an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives for the seat of Kingston from 1983 to 1996. Bilney was born in Renmark, South Australia. Prior to entering politics, Bilney was a diplomat, and his first chosen occupation, prior to that, was dentistry. He served as Deputy Permanent Representative of Australia to the OECD from 1975 to 1978 and as the Australian High Commissioner to the West Indies from 1980 to 1982, in Jamaica. He was first elected to federal parliament at the 1983 federal election when the Labor Party, under the leadership of Bob Hawke, defeated the Liberal-National Party government which had held government under prime minister Malcolm Fraser. He won the seat of Kingston, based in the southern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia, defeating incumbent Liberal MP Grant Chapman. Bilney was subsequently re-elected to the same seat at the 1984, 1987 ...
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Ray Bilney
Raymond Victor Bilney (born 2 November 1945) is an Australian former cyclist Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two .... He competed in the individual road race at the 1964 Summer Olympics. He was the Australian senior road champion for three years running, 1964 to 1966. References External links * 1945 births Living people Australian male cyclists Olympic cyclists for Australia Cyclists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Cyclists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games 20th-century Australian people 21st-century Australian people Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games {{Australia-cycling-bio-stub ...
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