In a message dated 15/10/2009 05:47:11 GMT Daylight Time, nwatson4@matra.com.au writes: I recently received the marriage certificate for John Martin DICKINSON and Matilda GOODINSON. The date was 18 November, 1872 and the church is St. Thomas, ?Crookes? in the Parish of Sheffield, vicar Charles ?Coombe?. I would be grateful for information on the actual location of this church and an explanation of Crookes. Also John's residence was Broomhill and Matilda's Verdon Street, Spitel Hill. Hi, St. Thomas's Church was the parish Church of an area [possibly once a village] Of Sheffield called Crookes. Broomhill, where I was born, is the next door area to Crookes and possibly one of the reasons they wished to be married there. Certainly Spital Hill was some distance away from either of these two areas, almost the other side of the town. It is quite likely that John Martin Dickinson worshipped at St. Thomas's Church as it was only a short journey from Broomhill, hence his preference to be married there. JUDY ELKINGTON [N. Derbyshire, England] www.elkingtonfamily.com ELKINGTON@rootsweb.com www.one-name.org/profiles/elkington.html