Birchall is an English surname deriving from the settlement of Biekel, Lancashire , and derived from Birch - hill . The village of Biekel later became "Birtle" .
4-615: Variant forms include Burchall and Burchill . It is most commonly found in the North-West of England , particularly Lancashire. The highest proportion of bearers can be found in Wigan , Greater Manchester. The first recorded bearer was John de Birchall de Birtles in 1401. The surname is less commonly found in other areas of the former British Empire , including Canada and the United States . Only one early migrant to Australia
8-589: The Internet Surname Database [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Burchill . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Burchill&oldid=1172368613 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
12-1086: The mid-seventeenth century. A branch of the family migrated to Guildford, Surrey where they supplied two mayors – John and Richard Burchall, who entered a pedigree in the Heralds Visitations . Burchill Burchill is a variant form of the English surname Birchall , deriving from the settlement of Biekel, Lancashire , and meaning Birch - hill . Notable people named Burchill [ edit ] Charlie Burchill (born 1959), Scottish musician Julie Burchill (born 1959), English writer Katie Lea Burchill (aka Katarina Waters) (born 1980), English female professional wrestler Mark Burchill (born 1980), Scottish international soccer player Paul Burchill (aka Birchall) (born 1979), English wrestler Thomas F. Burchill (1882–1955), American politician See also [ edit ] Birchall (surname) References [ edit ] ^ Burchall at
16-524: Was recorded with this name, a convicted criminal, James Stanley Birchall, a Protestant from Chorley in Lancashire; on 10 April 1851 he was sent to Norfolk Island for committing forgery . The surname is also found in Sussex where it appears to have originated from the village of Billingshurst, where it can be found in the sixteenth century in its original form of Burchfold; this changed to Burchall in
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