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He is Sue though I don't quite see the connection between a lot of the text and the place unless it is something to do with how it got its name perhaps.

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Have seen it in the parish registers for Colne St Bartholomews as all one word Dickstiles.

Don't worry about spelling until well into the 20th century, it was far from standardised, especially for minor placenames. Compare the spellings of 'Lassycaul' (etc) [at/near Cop Row] elsewhere on the site.

Surnames similarly : I have the name WOOLSTENCROFT in my family (typically Bury area), it has umpteen variants. Nearer to 'home' there are for instance all the variants of EMMOTT.

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At last found Dick Styles in the 1901 census, my gtgtgt grandfather Thomas Clough died there in 1900 a Margaret Clough lived there I am thinking this could be his sister in law a widow born in 1833 three years younger than him , but have not found her in any other census, another brick wall I think
sues

Margaret Clough was Thomas Clough's widow. She married him as his second wife in the September quarter of 1892. She was then the widow of Jeremiah Hirst, who had died shortly before the 1891 census. She was originally Margaret Elliott when she married Jeremiah Hirst on 25 August 1856. They were living at Dick Styles at the time of the 1861 census, and they seem to have brought up her niece Nanny (or Nancy) Elliott (1859-1881), who was living with them in the 1861 and 1881 censuses. Jeremiah Hirst has been mistranscribed in the 1881 census as Josh. instead of Jerh.

Thanks Diana for the info thats another piece added Thomas Cloughs first wife Hannah died in 1888.Always wondered why he moved to Nelson.
sues.

Found a reference to 'Dicksteels, Great Marsden' in the Colne Particluar Baptist records for a Stutterd birth.

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