While researching a member of my family tree recently I discovered this site:
http://www.ww1cemeteries.com/ww1frenche ... ieres1.htmThe Briercliffe connection is Rennie Brown (search in the page to find him). He appears to be descended from the Duerden family who farmed at Spring House in the middle of the 19th century.
In the 1911 census he is aged 33, living at 22 Oxford Road, Burnley with his wife Mary of 10 years, occupation is journeyman butcher. There's a marriage on lancashirebmd.org.uk of Rennie Brown and Mary Dwyer or Livesey.
In 1901 Rennie was living with his parents William and Mary at 187 Briercliffe Road, Burnley.
In 1891 the same Brown family was living at Alder Row, Briercliffe. William was a farmer, Rennie was 13 years old. This census record is on the Briercliffe society website at
http://www.briercliffesociety.co.uk/cen ... p?Id=46722In 1881 Rennie was 3 years old. He and his parents are living with his maternal grandparents, William and Nancy Duerden, at Spring House. Rennie's father gives his occupation as weaver, the grandfather William is 73 years old and is a farmer of 22 acres. See
http://www.briercliffesociety.co.uk/cen ... p?Id=60314 for Rennie's census record.
Hopefully this information might be useful to someone.
Perhaps someone here can enlighten me about the location of Alder Row and Spring House. I've found Elders i'th' Row on OS maps -- could that be Alder Row? Judging by the census sheets, Spring House must be near Cockden. There's a photo of it on the Briercliffe Soc site, but no location