The Pursgloves of Tankersley - [TANK]
This village is in the Meteropolitan Borough of Barnsley. The parish church is dedicated to St Peter. The parish also includes the village of Pilley. Tancheresleia - "Tanchere's meadow" - was a Lordship following the Norman conquest The Meiton family owned the land and eventually assumed the family name 'de Tankersley'. |
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William Purslove [1459] married Elizabeth Sampson on 28/7/1762
Page updated 23/11/2013