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Hi,
I'm currently researching my direct line of Colclough family of Goldenhill. I am interested in delving deeper into Colcloughs. I am aware of Anthony Colclough who served under Henry VIII and was awarded land in Co. Wexford, but I am interested in the Colcloughs who remained in Staffordshire. I have read somewhere that they owned a mill in Little Chell (approx 1500's), and there was a Manor House somewhere between Goldenhill and Tunstall. There are also the likes of Colclough Lane and Colclough Farm still in Goldenhill. They were obviously an influential family in the area and I am of course interested to see where/if my line fits into this somewhere. Has anyone done any research into the family or could point me in the right direction of any literature on the subject? Many thanks in advance,
Sarah

Hi all,
Is anyone familiar with the churchyard of St Leonards at Ipstones? I have burial records for a number of ancestor's, the last being around 1860 when my branch of the family left the village. I'm wondering if its worth a visit (I'll have to drive over from Warrington), are there many old headstones preserved? I don't mind not finding anything if there are headstones to look at, but I don't want to drive over to find one or two headstones in a field. I understand that the churchyard is closed to new burials now? What condition is it in?
Many thanks in advance,
Sarah

Hi all,
I was wondering if anyone could just clarify for me what county Stalybridge would have come under from 1840-1850? Also, if looking for a birth during these dates, where would they have been registered, sub district etc? I'm not at all familiar with the geography of the area.
Many thanks in advance,
Sarah 

Hi all,
I've hit a major brick wall in my research for my great great grandmother, and I don't know where to turn. Please bare with me, it gets complicated! I have my great grandmother's (Elizabeth Tilstone) birth cert in 1872 in Goldenhill, Stoke-on-Trent. Her mother is listed as Mary Tilstone, formerly Moss. Her father is Daniel Tilstone, brickmaker. However, my problem is that Mary seems to change her maiden name and where  she was born between varying documentation, which is making it impossible to trace her.

The year before Elizabeth was born, Mary Moss was  lodging with Daniel and his father in Goldenhill. She has a one year old daughter, also called Mary Moss. The daughters birthplace is given as Staleybridge, whilst her own is listed as Kidsgrove (about 2 miles down the road). I have managed to get the daughters birth cert, and she was actually born in Goldenhill, and the father is not named.

In 1872, Mary marries Daniel Tilstone under the name Mary Coalstone. She doesn't name a father and her illegitimate daughter Mary takes in the Tilstone name.
Over the next 2 years she has 2 children with Daniel, and on their registration she says her maiden name is Moss. She then has 7 more children between 1874 and 1889 and for all she gives her maiden name as Coalstone (or variation of, presumably due to accent/mis spelling - these include Colstone, Coulston, Colstone). Throughout this time, she gives her birthplace as Goldenhill on the census.

Daniel her husband died in 1891, and Mary remarried in 1892 to William Dutton. On this marriage certificate, she says her fathers name is Isaac Moss and records his profession as plate layer. It doesn't state whether he is deceased. From this time on (1901 and 1911), she gives her birthplace as Staleybridge on the census.

Sorry for the long winded description, but I wanted to make sure id got all the details in! I just don't know where to go with this. I can't find an Isaac Moss, plate layer anywhere, but I don't know if I should be looking in Goldenhill or Staleybridge? Why would she use 2 names like this and how do I find her pre 1871??

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated

Sarah