Towneley, Christopher

Dates:
Active 1601
Active 1670

Biographical notes:

Christopher Towneley (1604-74) was a member of a Catholic gentry family from Towneley in Lancashire. He is known as an antiquary but also had an interest in scientific research, particularly astronomy. See the Dictionary of National Biography for further details.

From the guide to the Antiquarian collections of Christopher Towneley, 17th century, (University of Oxford, Bodleian Library)

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Subjects:

  • Antiquarians

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Places:

  • Lancashire, England (as recorded)
  • Lancashire, England (as recorded)
  • Lancashire, England (as recorded)
  • Lancashire, England (as recorded)
  • Cliviger (Lancashire, England) (as recorded)
  • Towneley (England) (as recorded)
  • Lancashire, England (as recorded)
  • Lancashire, England (as recorded)
  • Hapton (Lancashire, England) (as recorded)
  • Lancashire, England (as recorded)
  • Ightenhill (Lancashire, England) (as recorded)
  • Wakefield (England) (as recorded)
  • Lancashire, England (as recorded)
  • Lancashire, England (as recorded)