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Bury
is a town in northern England.
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Bury is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the River Irwell, east of Bolton, west-southwest of Rochdale, and north-northwest of the city of Manchester...
is a town in northern England.
Bury may also refer to:
- The burialBurialBurial is the act of placing a person or object into the ground. This is accomplished by excavating a pit or trench, placing an object in it, and covering it over.-History:...
of human remains. - wrestler burial or bury angle, a slang term used in the world of wrestling.
- HMS BuryHMS BuryHMS Bury was a Hunt class minesweeper of the Royal Navy from World War I....
, a Hunt classHunt class minesweeper (1916)The Hunt class minesweeper was a class of minesweeping sloop built between 1916 and 1919 for the Royal Navy. They were built in two discrete groups, the earlier Belvoir group designed by the Ailsa Shipbuilding Company and the subsequent Aberdare group designed by the Admiralty...
minesweeperMinesweeper (ship)A minesweeper is a small naval warship designed to counter the threat posed by naval mines. Minesweepers generally detect then neutralize mines in advance of other naval operations.-History:...
of the Royal NavyRoyal NavyThe Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
from World War IWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
. - Bury F.C.Bury F.C.Bury Football Club is an association football team based in Bury, Greater Manchester. The team currently play in League One. The club's nickname is The Shakers which was bestowed upon them by club chairman JT Ingham, an industrialist and ironmonger of the late 1890s.-Formation of the club and the...
, a professional football team based in the town.
Places
- Metropolitan Borough of BuryMetropolitan Borough of BuryThe Metropolitan Borough of Bury is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in North West England. Lying to the north of the City of Manchester, the borough is composed of six towns: Bury, Ramsbottom, Tottington, Radcliffe, Whitefield and Prestwich, and has a population of 181,900...
, a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, with HQ at Bury - Bury, CambridgeshireBury, CambridgeshireBury is a village in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. It is located near Ramsey north from Huntingdon and St Ives.-History:...
. - Bury, West SussexBury, West SussexBury is a village and civil parish in the District of Chichester in West Sussex, England located six kilometres south west of Pulborough on the A29 road....
- Bury St Edmunds, a town in Suffolk.
- Bury, OiseBury, OiseBury is a village in northern France. It is designated municipally as a commune within the département of Oise....
, France - Bury, Moselle, France, a village in the commune of Marieulles-Vezon
- Bury, Hainaut, Belgium, a village in the commune of Péruwelz
- Bury, QuebecBury, QuebecBury is a municipality of 1,249 people in Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, in Quebec, Canada. Bury is home to a Canada Day celebration which is well-known in the Estrie region and which draws in triple the town's population for a parade and events in the park. Bury, although it...
People
- Bernard de BuryBernard de BuryBernard de Bury or Buri was a French musician and court composer of the late Baroque era.-Biography:...
(1720–1785), French musician - Charles Kenneth Howard-BuryCharles Kenneth Howard-BuryLieutenant-Colonel Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury DSO, DL, JP was a British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician.-Background and education:...
(1881–1963), Irish explorer and botanist - Charlotte BuryCharlotte BuryLady Charlotte Susan Maria Bury was an English novelist, who is chiefly remembered in connection with a Diary illustrative of the Times of George IV .-Life:...
(1775–1861), English novelist - Chris BuryChris BuryChristopher Robert Bury is an American journalist, best known for being an Emmy Award-winning correspondent at ABC News Nightline, where he also served as substitute anchor....
(born 1953), American journalist - Frank BuryFrank BuryFrank James Lindsay Bury was a British composer. He studied music at Cambridge University and attended the Royal College of Music, where he was a student of Malcolm Sargent and Gordon Jacob. Bury also studied under Bruno Walter....
(1910-1944), British composer - Greg BuryGreg BuryGreg Bury is a Canadian badminton player who competed in many tournaments, including the IBF World Championships at California in 2005. Bury is currently the Youth Development Officer at Badminton...
, Canadian badminton player - Horace Bury, a character in the novel The Mote in God's EyeThe Mote in God's EyeThe Mote in God's Eye is a science fiction novel by American writers Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, first published in 1974. The story is set in the distant future of Pournelle's CoDominium universe, and charts the first contact between humanity and an alien species. The title of the novel is a...
- Jan BuryJan BuryJan Bury is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 12050 votes in 23 Rzeszów district, candidating from Polish People's Party list....
(born 1963), Polish politician - John Bury (captain)John Bury (captain)Captain John Bury was a master mariner and Elder Brother of Trinity House. He was involved in the adoption of a standardised buoyage system internationally.Bury was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan...
, Master Mariner - John Bury (theatre designer)John Bury (theatre designer)John Bury was a British set designer, costume designer and lighting designer who designed in theatre in the UK, West End and Broadway and international opera. He had a long creative relationship with director Peter Hall...
, British theatre designer - John Bagnell Bury, historian
- Józef BuryJózef BuryJozef Bury is a multidisciplinary artist who articulates researches about space-and-time problems, polysensory perception, subcognitive attitude and memory of experience...
(b. 1961), Polish artist - Pol BuryPol BuryPol Bury was a Belgian sculptor who began his artistic career as a painter in the Jeune Peintre Belge and COBRA groups. Among his most famous works is the fountain-sculpture L'Octagon, located in San Francisco....
See also
- Bury, Curtis, and KennedyBury, Curtis, and KennedyBury, Curtis and Kennedy was a steam locomotive manufacturer in Liverpool, England.Edward Bury set up his works in 1826, under the name of Edward Bury and Company. He employed James Kennedy, who had gained experience of locomotive production under Robert Stephenson and Mather, Dixon and Company,...
, British locomotive builder