Mary Elizabeth Towneley, Sister Marie des Anges

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287916

Reference identifier

EBU-U01-G4-347-2

Title

Mary Elizabeth Towneley, Sister Marie des Anges

Place

Burnley

Personal names

Mary Elizabeth Towneley

General notes

Mary Elizabeth Towneley, Sister Marie des Anges 1846-1922.
Born at 76 Eaton Place, London. She was a great Catholic. Spent holidays at Towneley.
Aged 23 she went to the Convent of Notre Dame, Naumur.
Mistress of Postulants. In Belgium during 1914-18 war when Naumur fell to the Germans.
Brother Richard died 1877 aged 28.
Bought Ashdown Park, Sussex.

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Medium

Photographic print

Colour

Monochrome

Year of image

1885

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Subjects

Place Names > Burnley

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