page_title: Bury, Greater Manchester
section_title: Notable people
hierarchical_section_title: Bury, Greater Manchester / Notable people
caption_attribution_description: English: Statue of Victoria Wood, in Library Gardens, Bury, Greater Manchester. Erected in memorial and paid for by public subscription.
context_page_description: Bury is a large market town in Greater Manchester, England, on the River Irwell 5.5 miles east of Bolton, 5.9 miles southwest of Rochdale and 7.9 miles northwest of Manchester. Bury is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, and had a population of 78,723 in 2015; the borough had a population of 187,474 in 2011.
  Historically part of Lancashire, Bury emerged in the Industrial Revolution as a mill town manufacturing textiles.
  Bury is known for its open-air Bury Market and the traditional local dish, black pudding. The Manchester Metrolink tram system has a terminus in the town.
  Bury-born Sir Robert Peel was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and founded the Metropolitan Police and Conservative Party. The Peel Memorial stands outside Bury parish church and the Peel Monument on Holcombe Hill, Ramsbottom, overlooking the borough.
context_section_description: John Kay (1704–c.1779), the inventor of the flying shuttle, one of the key inventions of the Industrial Revolution. He was born to a yeoman farming family at Park, a hamlet just north of Bury, on 16 June 1704. A memorial to John Kay stands in the heart of Bury in Kay Gardens. He also features as one of twelve subjects of the Manchester Murals by Ford Madox Brown which decorate the Great Hall of Manchester Town Hall and depict the history of the city. The piece shows Kay being smuggled to safety as rioters, who feared their jobs were in danger, sought to destroy looms whose invention he had made possible. This was a key moment in the struggle between labour and new technology. He eventually fled to France and died in poverty.
  James Wood, mathematician, Dean of Ely and Master of St John's College, Cambridge was born at Holcombe, Bury in 1760. A pupil at Bury Grammar School, he won an exhibition to St John's College and was a college tutor from 1789 to 1814. During this time he published The Principles of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. He was appointed Dean of Ely in 1820. He served as Master of St John's from 1815 and left his library to the college upon his death in 1839.
  Sir Robert Peel (1788–1850), the 19th century Prime Minister of the United Kingdom best known today for the repeal of the Corn Laws and his introduction of the modern police force (hence the terms "Bobbies" and "Peelers"), was born in Bury. He is also notable for forming the famous British Police division, 'Scotland Yard' in London. A monument, Peel Tower, now exists to his memory. As this is situated nearly 1,000 feet above sea level, it is easily recognisable for miles around. The tower itself was not built for Sir Robert, but to provide work for local workers and was later dedicated to him. A statue of Peel stands in Market Place, outside the Robert Peel public house. The statue of Sir Robert has his waistcoat fastening the wrong way round.
  Professor Sir John Charnley, born the son of a Bury pharmacist in 1911. He wrote 'The Closed Treatment of Common Fractures', first published in 1950, which became a standard text for the subject. His subsequent achievement in developing hip replacement surgery, in 1962, is acknowledged as a ground breaking development that changed the approach to orthopaedic surgery. He established a centre for hip surgery at Wrightington Hospital, near Wigan where he worked. He was knighted for his work in 1977. The John Charnley Research Institute at Wrightington Hospital near Wigan, was named in his honour.
  Barrie Kelly, sprinter who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, the 1966 and 1970 Commonwealth Games in Jamaica and Edinburgh, and two European championships, Budapest in 1966 and Athens in 1969. He was British Champion, indoors and outdoors, at 60m and 100m several times during this period.
  Gareth Parry (Gaz), one of Britain's most successful rock climbers. A former British champion in 1996 and 2002, he competed for Great Britain at the highest level for many years and became British bouldering team coach.
  Lawrie Smith, yachtsman. He learnt to sail at Elton Sailing Club, Bury, and won a bronze medal at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992, and the Fastnet Race. He skippered British Challenger in the America's Cup and finished fourth in the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1989/90.
  Richmal Crompton, author, was born on Manchester Road, Bury; a blue plaque marks the house. Her father, Rev. Edward John Sewell Lamburn, taught Classics at Bury Grammar School.
  Thomas Thompson, writer (1880-1951), author and broadcaster who was born in Bury and lived there all his life
  Scott Quigg, the current British super-bantamweight boxing champion, he is also WBA Interim World Champion.
  Helen Flanagan, actress best known for her role as Rosie Webster in Coronation Street.
  Prof. Noel Castree, University of Manchester.
  Suzanne Shaw, originally famous for winning the show Popstars and being a member of Hear'say, Shaw became the star of West End shows as well as a singer, actress and television presenter.
  Nicky Ajose, Charlton Athl
caption: Statue of Victoria Wood, in Library Gardens, Bury, Greater Manchester.
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