Burley
Encyclopedia
Place names
- Places in England:
- Burley, HampshireBurley, HampshireBurley is a village and civil parish in the New Forest, Hampshire, England, with a wealth of tea rooms, gift shops, art galleries and a pick-your-own farm.-The village:...
- Burley, LeedsBurley, LeedsBurley is a suburb of north-west Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, characterised by the red brick terraced housing, much of which was built in the period 1899 - 1903 and green spaces. Sometimes called 'The Cardigan Triangle , it stretches north from the main Kirkstall Road, towards Hyde Park and...
- Burley, RutlandBurley, RutlandBurley, or Burley-on-the-Hill, is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. It is located two miles north-east of Oakham....
- Burley, Shropshire
- Burley in WharfedaleBurley in WharfedaleBurley-in-Wharfedale, is a village in the county of West Yorkshire, England. Along with Menston, Burley is part of Wharfedale Ward in the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford . It lies on the A65, approximately fourteen miles north-west of the centre of Leeds and nine miles north of...
, West Yorkshire, England
- Burley, Hampshire
- Places in the United States:
- Burley, IdahoBurley, IdahoBurley is a city in Cassia and Minidoka counties in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Idaho. The population was 10,345 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Cassia County....
- Burley ManorBurley ManorBurley Manor is a historic home located in Berlin, Worcester County, Maryland. It is a Federal-style brick house built about 1832.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.-External links:...
, listed on the NRHP in Maryland - Burley, WashingtonBurley, WashingtonBurley is an Census Designated Community in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. The community is located just north of the boundary with Pierce County, and about half way between Gig Harbor to the south and Port Orchard to the north. It is located at the head of the Burley Lagoon in...
- Burley, Idaho
- Places in Australia:
- Lake Burley GriffinLake Burley GriffinLake Burley Griffin is an artificial lake in the centre of Canberra, the capital of Australia. It was completed in 1963 after the Molonglo River—which ran between the city centre and Parliamentary Triangle—was dammed...
- Lake Burley Griffin
Human names
- Aidan BurleyAidan BurleyAidan Burley is a British Conservative Party politician. He was elected Member of Parliament for Cannock Chase in 2010.-Early life:...
, New Zealand-born English politician - Charley BurleyCharley BurleyCharley Burley was a boxer of the 1940s, compiling a record of 83 wins , 12 losses, and 2 draws with 1 "no contest"...
, American boxer - Craig BurleyCraig BurleyCraig William Burley is a Scottish former international association football player who played for clubs including Chelsea, Celtic and Derby County...
, Scottish footballer - Frederick R. Burley, founder of BerleiBerleiBerlei is a brand of women's lingerie and in particular bras and girdles.-History:The brand originated in Australia in 1917. Berlei undergarments are now sold in Australia by Pacific Brands and in the United Kingdom by Courtaulds Textiles....
- Freeman Burley, United Empire Loyalist
- Fulton BurleyFulton BurleyFulton Burley was an Irish-Canadian performer, most widely known for his work in Disneyland. Born in Toronto, Ontario, and raised in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, Fulton came to the United States in 1943 after a telephone audition landed him the singing lead in Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe Revue on...
, Irish-Canadian musician known for his work for Disney - George BurleyGeorge BurleyGeorge Elder Burley is a Scottish football manager and former player and manager, formerly the manager of Crystal Palace Football Club. Burley had a professional career spanning 21 years as a player making 628 appearances and earning 11 Scotland caps...
, Scottish footballer and manager - Gillian BeerGillian BeerDame Gillian Beer, DBE , King Edward VII Professor of English Literature and President, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, is a British literary critic and academic.-Career:...
(born Burley), British literary critic - Jane BurleyJane BurleyJane Burley is a female field hockey midfielder from Scotland. She played club hockey for Giffnock Hutchesons Ladies, and made her debut for the Women's National Team in 1999. Burley works as a firefighter. Her mother played tennis for Lancashire.-References:*...
, Scottish field hockey midfielder - Jos BurleyJos BurleyJocelyn Ann Burley is a former New Zealand cricketer who played six women's Test matches and two Women's One Day Internationals for the New Zealand women's cricket team. In 1966 she took 7/41 against England.-References:...
, member of New Zealand's women's cricket team - Joseph Leonard BurleyJoseph Leonard BurleyJoseph Leonard Burley was the founder of the Burley Football Company, which later became part of the Burley-Sekem group....
, founder of the Burley Football Company - Kay BurleyKay BurleyKay Burley is an English television newsreader, presenter and journalist. She currently anchors the Afternoon Live programme on the Sky News station.-Early life:...
, English television newscaster - Nick BurleyNick BurleyNick Burley was an American boxer from 1890 until 1907. In 1902 he defeated Frank "Paddy" Slavin to win the Heavyweight Championship of the Yukon Territory...
, American boxer - Siaha BurleySiaha BurleySiaha Burley is an arena football wide receiver who is currently a free agent in the Arena Football League. He played college football at Central Florida.-High school years:...
, American arena football player - Simon de BurleySimon de BurleySir Simon de Burley, KG was holder of the offices of Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Constable of Dover Castle between 1384-88, and was a Knight of the Garter....
, English knight, court official, and childhood friend of Richard II - W. J. BurleyW. J. BurleyWilliam John Burley was a British crime writer, best known for his books featuring the detective Charles Wycliffe, who became the basis of the popular Wycliffe television series throughout the mid 1990s....
, author of the Wycliffe detective novels - Walter BurleyWalter BurleyWalter Burley was a medieval English Scholastic philosopher and logician. He was a Master of Arts at Oxford in 1301, and a fellow of Merton College, Oxford until about 1310. He spent sixteen years at Paris until 1326, becoming a fellow of the Sorbonne by 1324. After that, he spent seventeen...
, medieval English logician - Walter Burley GriffinWalter Burley GriffinWalter Burley Griffin was an American architect and landscape architect, who is best known for his role in designing Canberra, Australia's capital city...
, American architect - Burley MitchellBurley MitchellBurley Mitchell, Jr. is an American jurist and former Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. At age 15, Mitchell dropped out of high school to join the United States Marine Corps, only to be kicked out when his age was discovered...
, chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
Others
- Burley (tobacco)Burley (tobacco)Burley tobacco is a light air-cured tobacco used primarily for cigarette production. In the United States it is produced in an eight-state belt with approximately 70% produced in Kentucky. Tennessee produces approximately 20%, with smaller amounts produced in Indiana, North Carolina, Missouri,...
, grown primarily in central Kentucky and central Tennessee - Burley Design
- Burley-SekemBurley-SekemBurley-Sekem Pty Ltd is an Australian sporting goods and apparel company. It was formed in 1985 from the merger of Burley Sports Pty Ltd, formerly JL Burley Pty Ltd, a Western Australian football manufacturer, and Sekem Pty Ltd, a sporting apparel and school uniform manufacturer.-Burley:The Burley...
, a brand of leather ball kicked in the game of Australian rules football - Re BurleyRe BurleyRe Burley , 1 U.C.L.J. 34, was a decision on extradition by the Court of Common Pleas of Upper Canada. Though made two years before Confederation, the case has been cited by the Supreme Court of Canada in mobility rights and extradition cases over a century later.-Decision:The decision was made by...
, a Canadian court decision - Burleigh (disambiguation)
- BerleiBerleiBerlei is a brand of women's lingerie and in particular bras and girdles.-History:The brand originated in Australia in 1917. Berlei undergarments are now sold in Australia by Pacific Brands and in the United Kingdom by Courtaulds Textiles....