Towneley is a surname, and may refer to:
People
The
Towneley family
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 the family seat until its sale, together with the surrounding park, to the corporation of B ...
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Charles Townley
Charles Townley FRS (1 October 1737 – 3 January 1805) was a wealthy English country gentleman, antiquary and collector, a member of the Towneley family. He travelled on three Grand Tours to Italy, buying antique sculpture, vases, coins, man ...
(1 October 1737 – 3 January 1805
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Caroline Theresa Towneley (1838–1873), British heiress
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Charles Towneley (MP) (1803–1870), Irish Independent Irish Party and Whig politician
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Francis Towneley (1709–1746), English Catholic and Jacobite
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Henry Towneley Green (1836–1899), English watercolourist and illustrator
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John Towneley (politician) (1806–1878), English Whig politician
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John Towneley (translator) (1697–1782), English supporter of the Jacobite Rising of 1745
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Montagu Towneley-Bertie, 13th Earl of Lindsey (2 November 1887 – 11 September 1963), English peer
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Richard de Towneley (MP) (c. 1313 – 16 April 1381), English landowner and politician
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Richard Towneley
Richard Towneley (10 October 1629 – 22 January 1707) was an English mathematician, natural philosopher and astronomer, resident at Towneley Hall, near Burnley in Lancashire. His uncle was the antiquarian and mathematician Christopher Towne ...
(1629–1707), English mathematician, natural philosopher and astronomer
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Simon Towneley (1921–2022), British author
Barons O'Hagan
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Baron O'Hagan (the title)
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Thomas O'Hagan, Baron O'Hagan (1812–1885)
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Thomas Towneley O'Hagan, 2nd Baron O'Hagan (5 December 1878 – 13 December 1900)
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Maurice Towneley-O'Hagan, 3rd Baron O'Hagan (20 February 1882 – 18 December 1961)
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Charles Towneley Strachey, 4th Baron O'Hagan (b. 1945)
Places and institutions
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Mary Towneley Loop
The Mary Towneley Loop is a circular route that forms part of the Pennine Bridleway National Trail, along the borders of Lancashire and Yorkshire. The loop was opened in 2002, the first section of the Pennine Bridleway.
It is named in memory ...
, a circular route along the border of Lancashire and Yorkshire
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Towneley Colliery or Towneley Desmesne, coal mine in Lancashire
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Towneley High School founded 1941 in Lancashire
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Towneley Park
Towneley Park is owned and managed by Burnley Borough Council and is the largest and most popular park in Burnley, Lancashire, England. The main entrance to the park is within a mile of the town centre and the park extends to the south east, c ...
in Lancashire
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Towneley railway station in Lancashire
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Towneley Stadium, a former racing stadium in Lancashire
Arts
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Towneley Mystery Plays
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