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Old 21-01-2014, 19:32   #1
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The spelling of Oswaldtwistle
I have just found an 1823 encyclopedia in which Ossie is spelled as Oswaltwistle ( ie no letter 'd') / It reads:

Oswaltwistle, a township of Lancashire. In 1801, the population was 2710, with 951 employed in manufactures: six miles North-east of Blackburn.....

It credits Cruttwell's Gazeteer for this information
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Old 21-01-2014, 19:57   #2
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Strange that, Bob, it may have been a misspelling.
Wasn't it supposed to be named after St. Oswald who wandered through some time ago?(bet he didn't stay long).
The twistle bit was something to do with water.
Don't think there was a St. Oswalt.
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I have just found an 1823 encyclopedia in which Ossie is spelled as Oswaltwistle ( ie no letter 'd') / It reads:

Oswaltwistle, a township of Lancashire. In 1801, the population was 2710, with 951 employed in manufactures: six miles North-east of Blackburn.....

It credits Cruttwell's Gazeteer for this information
Hoody Blel Dobbo, even a 7 year old could tell that was a printers error, its alus ead a D in id.
Some of them directories are a real dogs breakfast, an tha shud know better.
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Old 21-01-2014, 20:27   #4
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I simply reported on the spelling of 200yrs ago. Maybe the 'd' was silent, as is the 'p' in bath.
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Talking of this town reminds me of when my mother-in-law was in her local post office (here in South Australia) and she made the comment to the man behind the counter that some of the towns in Australia had some very strange names.
The man looked at the address on the envelope he was stamping for her and started laughing.
When she related the story to us later she said she thought he was ignorant as she couldn’t understand why he laughed because ‘there’s nowt wrong wi’ Oswaldtwistle’.
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People in Ossie can spell! Amazing. Things have changed.
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People in Ossie can spell! Amazing. Things have changed.
Yep they've even started sending their kids to school to learn about numbers
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Yep they've even started sending their kids to school to learn about numbers
In base 12 no doubt
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Na Eric I still live there
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I have just found an 1823 encyclopedia in which Ossie is spelled as Oswaltwistle ( ie no letter 'd') / It reads:

Oswaltwistle, a township of Lancashire. In 1801, the population was 2710, with 951 employed in manufactures: six miles North-east of Blackburn.....

It credits Cruttwell's Gazeteer for this information
Was probably a relation of jaysays spelt it like that.
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Was probably a relation of jaysays spelt it like that.
Ya Cashy twas my great great, great, great great Uncle Jam
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And you're still using his keyboard, eh.
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ya the "E" has completely disappeared
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ya the "E" has completely disappeared
No ecstacy in Oswaldtwistle? Perhaps so, I found it last in Church.
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I have just found an 1823 encyclopedia in which Ossie is spelled as Oswaltwistle ( ie no letter 'd') / It reads:

Oswaltwistle, a township of Lancashire. In 1801, the population was 2710, with 951 employed in manufactures: six miles North-east of Blackburn.....

It credits Cruttwell's Gazeteer for this information
Depends where you take the geographical centres to be but I would suggest East rather than North East - perhaps not only the spelling............
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