Towneley Park

From Freepedia

Towneley Park is a large country house and estate outside Burnley in Lancashire, England that has been converted to a museum and a park. It was sold to the Burnley Corporation in 1902.

The Towneley family

The Towneley family lived in the area starting in the mid-thirteenth century. They were originally a Norman family. They fought at the Battle of Agincourt and also for the King during the English Civil War. The last Towneley heir, Lt. Henry Towneley, was killed in the 1870s in British Army service. Those who can trace their origins to the Townleley family can do so with the large family tree chart inside the house.