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About me (click here!)
"Honour thy name."
Also..see bottom of this page for a quick rundown on my Father..ARe you related?
I have half sisters/Uncles out there somewhere! :¬)
(last updated 13/6/01)
Birchall
(Origins of the Birchall name)
Recorded in many forms including Birchall, Burchell, Birchill, Birtles, and Birtle, this English surname is locational. It derives from Biekel, the original spelling of the Lancashire village of Birtle, first recorded in the Pipe Rolls of the country in 1246.
By 1347 this spelling had become Birkehill, but from about 1660 it has been spelt as Birtle. The meaning of the place name and hence the later surname is Birch Hill from the pre 7th century Olde English birc - hyl. In the original name recordings the village spelling was given in both its old and new spelling, although Birtles is purely a local dialectual pronunciation which eventually became the norm! Like most locational surnames, this is a "from" name. That is to say a name given for identification to somebody who had left his or her original village, and moved somewhere else. The subsequent surname developments taken from surviving church registers of Lancashire include: Agnes Burchall in 1635, Alice Burchell in 1688, Aprah Birchall (1701), and Ann Birchill (1732), whilst William Burchell (1782-1863) was a famous Victorian explorer and botanist. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of John de Birchall de Birtles. This was dated 1401, in the rolls of Gawsworth District of East Cheshire, during the reign of King Henry IV th of England, 1399-1413.
Birchall Coat of Arms
& history Mk 2!....
This version of the Birchall history came alongside the Coat of Arms. It does not date back as far as the top version. Maybe it is derived from later relatives of John de Birchall. (Both references have their roots in Cheshire.)
The above Coat of Arms, & history was supplied to me
courtesy of Chris Birchall (Felixstowe, UK). With thanks.
His website is at www.btinternet.com/~chris.birchall. Not yet finished at time of writing, but he did supply the above, so deserves a mention!!!!!
To my other
pages..........
Click here for some more Birchall links
Home to view/sign
my guestbook!....
other Links......
(Hi to Deborah Birchall!!!)
David Birchall-Hunt's family tree page
His family tree with it's birchall origins. In Australia but from UK
Paul Birchall-Hunt (Davids brother) Webby about Paul's family.
Birchall Forum.
Feel free to leave a message.
(started Aug 2004)
Family tree..Birchalls of Eccles, Lancs, England. By Patricia Matthias
Ancestry.com  Do a search for Surname. A few Birchall entries here.
James Stanley Birchall
(the Birchall convict).....
*Amendment to the above. *
There apparently was another Birchall convict to be deported...
John Birchall
(Son of James/Elizabeth Birchall)
Enter here for John's story/History
RELATED TO ME???....
My fathers name is Eddie Birchall..(Married my mother Vivien Leigh..I think his present wife is called Lynne). He comes from Liverpool...Now lives in Felixstowe (Job something to do with shipping.) His parents used to live on Princess Drive, Liverpool. I think I remember he had a brother called Stephen..& MAY have one called Alex. Anyone out there related? :¬)