Bircle
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The parish of Bircle near Bury, UK was created on the 1st July 1846 although the village pre-dates this by many centuries. It is often assumed that 'Bircle' is a shortening of the phrase 'Birch Hill' as it is suggested that birch trees are found in abundance. This is very plausible idea until one searches for birch trees and finds the majority of trees in the area are sycamore even where the thickly wooded areas reach the borders of the Parish. Such names such as "Simpson Clough" and "Dobb Wood" appear on early Ordnance Survey maps. What adds confusion to the whole picture is that 'hill' does appear in the fourteenth century in the name of 'Birkhill' but it never found a permanent place.
Bircle has a name in it's own right. A name which is as ancient as the Domesday Book and certainly dating to many centuries before it became a Parish. The church itself is on Castle Hill Road, Bircle, BURY, Lancashire, BL9 6UH.
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- ^ The Vanishing Parish, Bircle by Rev. Arthur J Dobb published by Bircle Parochial Church Council in 1967
- ^ Ordnance Survey Grid Reference: OS grid reference SD8290012300 (Lat/Lon 53.606970,-2.259919)
- ^ http://stjohnbircle.btck.co.uk
- ^ http://www.manchester.gov.uk/directory_record/127594/st_john_the_baptist_bircle/category/785/marriagesregisters
- ^ https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F80539