[Rosalind Oakes]

I am looking for information about Esther Pryce who was living at 92 Steiner Street, Accrington, in 1884. I believe she was a Russian Jewish immigrant working in the cotton mill as a cotton winder. She married by certificate (no banns read) John Stephens on 4th July 1884, son of Mrs Eliza Dale, of 15 Hope Street, gave birth to my grandmother, Esther Mary Stephens on 4th September 1884 and died two weeks later of septicemia and exhaustion. Does anyone know:
1) anything about the Jewish community in Accrington in the 1880s
2) if I might be able to view the certificate obtained for a quick wedding, as it may contain important info, and if so, where?

Many thanks!

Rosalind Oakes