Elizabeth Burrows, Burnley

iBase ID

308542

Reference identifier

EBU-U01-P551-18-1

Title

Elizabeth Burrows, Burnley

Place

Burnley

Personal names

Elizabeth Burrows, Abraham Altham, Thomas Burrows

General notes

Further information gained from 'Down our Way' and the Briericliffe society website includes the following: Mr Thomas Burrows (Alderman and Mayor of Burnley 1900-1902) was married three times, first to Miss Margaret Nuttall, and then to Miss Elizabeth Altham, sister to the then late Alderman Abraham Altham, who died in 1885. During his term of Mayor, he married the daughter of John Cronkshaw, the original proprietor of "Cronkshaws". This was the affectionate name for Commercial Hotel, that stood on the corner Grimshaw street and Nicholas street, it was where all the townsmen of note frequented.

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Medium

Photographic print

Colour

Monochrome

Year of image

Late 19th Century

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Subjects

Place Names > Burnley

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