Dirker
Dirker is now a council estate to the north of the railway line, but this has obviously not always been so. The 1904 OS map shows it as a hamlet on Spring Head Lane, and the information below is from 1881. I have included the small terrace of New Ing, and Station House, as they are very close to Dirker.
1891 Census
| Number of households in Dirker - 13 | Population of Dirker - 63 |
| Ave household size - 4.8 | Ave size of nuclear family unit - 4.7 |
| Ave age of household heads - 40.2 | Number born outside county - 1 (Lancashire) |
| Percent born outside Marsden - 25.4% | Born outside Colne Valley - 6.3% |
| Households with related kin - 1(7.7%) | Wives in paid employment - 1(7.7%) |
| Farmer - 3 | Butcher - 3 |
| Stone quarryman - 2 | Weaver- 4 |
| Healder - 1 | Engine tenter - 1 |
| Piecer - 1 | Canal labourer - 1 |
| Railway station master - 1 | Stone mason - 3 |
| Tuner - 1 | Housekeeper - 2 |
| Stone dealer - 1 | Scripture reader (sic) - 1 |
| Pupil teacher - 1 | Joiner's apprentice - 1 |
| Boiler maker - 1 | Twister - 2 |
| Architect and surveyor - 1 | Carpenter - 1 |
| Shawl twister - 1 |
Resident families
| Dyson Whiteley Biltcliffe Marsden |
Woodhead (lodger) Wood Shaw Atherton |
Bower Bamforth Holroyd Carter (lodger) |
No 3 Dirker - by Stephen Miller
This report explores the history of No3 Dirker, Marsden, and the associated surrounding buildings. Using architectural evaluation, archive research and oral history a story of the development of the site is produced from 1801 to the present day.
Artist impression of the development of Dirker from 1801-2019.
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