Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Alderman John Birchenough JP (November 1, 1825 - May 7, 1895) was a prominent local politician and silk manufacturer in Macclesfield, Cheshire in the nineteenth century. Birchenough was the head of the Macclesfield Silk manufacturing firm Birchenough and Sons with mills at Park Lane, Prestbury Road and Henderson Street in Macclesfield. He was a Wesleyan Methodist and was a prolific supporter of local charities in Macclesfield. Birchenough was a member of the Macclesfield Town Council for nearly forty years during a time of great transformation for the town when many public works – such as the waterworks, the cemetery, enlargement of the Town Hall, extensions at the gasworks, and the transformation of the muddy streets into cleanly paved, and hard macadamized roads – were carried out.Birchenough was a Liberal Unionist and served as Mayor of Macclesfield Town in 1875-76. His portrait hangs in Macclesfield old Town Hall."@en }
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- John_Birchenough abstract "Alderman John Birchenough JP (November 1, 1825 - May 7, 1895) was a prominent local politician and silk manufacturer in Macclesfield, Cheshire in the nineteenth century. Birchenough was the head of the Macclesfield Silk manufacturing firm Birchenough and Sons with mills at Park Lane, Prestbury Road and Henderson Street in Macclesfield. He was a Wesleyan Methodist and was a prolific supporter of local charities in Macclesfield. Birchenough was a member of the Macclesfield Town Council for nearly forty years during a time of great transformation for the town when many public works – such as the waterworks, the cemetery, enlargement of the Town Hall, extensions at the gasworks, and the transformation of the muddy streets into cleanly paved, and hard macadamized roads – were carried out.Birchenough was a Liberal Unionist and served as Mayor of Macclesfield Town in 1875-76. His portrait hangs in Macclesfield old Town Hall.".