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Re: The spelling of Oswaldtwistle
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Originally Posted by Bob Dobson
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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Was probably a relation of jaysays spelt it like that. 
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