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Thanks for the info, Susan.
I'll try to match it to what I have already.

What I am trying to do in fact is to find a family link between Dora Thewlis, suffragette, and Alfred Thewlis who was living in Slaithwaite during the first half of the 20th century.

Joshua and Jonathan were their grtgrndfathers, both coming from Hinchliffe Mill area, and it would be good to firmly establish that the 2 men were brothers or at least related , and thence Dora and Alfred, albeit distantly.

I am trying to confirm a family link - preferably brothers - between two men who lived in the Hinchliffe Mill/ Cartworth Fold area just outside of Holmfirth.

Joshua Thewlis b. about 1793 to John and Esther ( have found the baptism record)
and
Jonathan Thewlis b. about 1801. I have failed to find any baptism or birth record which would help to  prove that the two men were brothers. He appears in the 1841 census married to Mary plus children.
But I can find no further info.

Any help would be appreciated. I feel sure they are somehow related, there being quite a scattering of Thewlis's in Hinchliffe Mill all through the 1700 and 1800's.

Thanks in advance,

Bykerlads

Allan,
Thanks for the detailed reply.
It looks as if the Jaggers might have been living briefly in Bute Terrace/Mona st when their twins

John Jagger was the builder who built the row of shops in Carr Lane, Slaithwaite. The shops celebrate their centenary this year and a small research project is under way into the history of the shops.
A look at the original owner and builder seems useful to give a bit of background to the findings.

I have just gone up to Mona Street to look at the houses. I had hoped there might be some small decorative features like the ones on the shops. However, the houses are all unadorned.
The buildings housing shops in Carr Lane have interesting and perhaps unexpected columnar stone 'swags' and, until the 1970's, sported large stone finial-like decorations on the roof.

As regards John Jagger, the interesting question is where did he get his money from to start his building enterprise. He did marry into The Marshalls ( well-known in the buiding trade), who in turn started out as labourers. A story of families making good, I'd say.

Thanks again.

Can anyone tell me where Bute Terrace was/is in Slaithwaite?
I have it as the address on a birth certificate in 1908.
It might not be a whole long terrace of houses. It could just have been a group of 2 or 3.
Thanks in advance for any replies.

Yes, I had the impression that the Amsterdam was more of an entertainment venue than just a bar. And the owners apparently had several other clubs.
Thanks for replies.