This work analyses the relationship between the occurrence of stylotites in Dinantian Limestone and the Hercynian deformation of North Central Pennines of England. The Hercynian deformation of the Carboniferous rocks in the research area has occurred into pulses. The first pulse of simple impression was followed by a second pulse of shear zone deformation produced due to activation of basement faults. This resulted into shearing and reorientation of earlier structures produced during the first pulse. Stylolities are more frequent in the higher beds of Dinantian succession, and this due to shear deformation has superimposed on simple compression. The stylolite data were plotted on histograms and columns to determine the relationships among depth, number, spacing, amplitude and shortening.