Benjamin Law, his wife, Lydia Sheard Law, and several of their children moved from Batley in Batley Parish, Yorkshire to Hyde, Cheshire (near Stockport) and then Stockport, Cheshire sometime around 1832. Benjamin Law died in Stockport in 1837. Several of his children were married in the area. Some of them appear to have remained near Stockport. Others including Lydia returned to Batley. Benjamin Law was buried in Batley.

William, the son of Benjamin and Lydia Law, born in 1809 married Marie (Mary) Worth. Census information indicates that Marie Worth was born in Wilmslow, Cheshire circa 1811.

Genuki, Cheshire, Wilmslow

Wilmslow, St. Bartholomew (C of E). An ancient parish, originally comprising the townships of Bollin Fee, Chorley (near Wilmslow), Fulshaw and Pownall Fee. Registers of baptisms 1558-1877, marriages 1558-1887 and burials 1558-1902 are at the CRO. Memorial inscriptions have been published by North Cheshire FHS.

"Wilmslow is a village, a parish and a sub-district in Cheshire. The village is on the river Bollin, 6 miles south, south-west of Stockport. The population in 1851 was 4,952." (1)

(1) The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, by John Marius Wilson, published in 1870 - 60 years after Marie Worth was born in Wilmslow.

See The Wilmslow Website

Bank Square Wilmslow. No date.

St Bartholomew's Church - built between 1517 and 1537. No date.

St Bartholomew's Church, another view. No date.

Once the "common" on which local inhabitants grazed their cattle, now a nature reserve.

The Carrs, Wilmslow

Posted 1908

"Carrs, Wilmslow -The River Bollin meanders through picturesque parkland with footpath links into Styal Country Park and the Dean Valley. Ideal for gentle walks, the seventy acres purchased in 1935 by the Wilmslow Urban District Council to mark the jubilee of King George V." Macclesfield Borough Council

The Carrs, Wilmslow. Date unknown

The Bollin Valley, Wilmslow. Date unknown

Varden Bridge, Wilmslow. Posted 1908

Wilmslow, Styall Mill. Not posted. Same image listed as 1897.

AKA Quarry Bank Mill, founded 1784 by Samuel Greg, was one of the first water powered cotton spinning mills in England and is now a museum. See Quarry Bank Mill. It is one of the least altered factory colonies of the Industrial Revolution and includes the mill, the Styal Estate and Styal village. It is also still a working cotton mill.

The manufacture of cotton cloth was possible in Cheshire because of its damp climate. In areas were the climate was too dry the threads were susceptible to becoming brittle and breaking. The Bollin River provided the water necessary for processing the cotton and powering the mill.

The height of cotton manufacturing in northwest England was in the mid 1800s.

Most of the raw cotton was imported from the United States. It was transported by canal boats from Liverpool to the mill where it was washed, carded, spun into thread and woven into cloth. The final (and optional) step was printing. Large wooden pint-blocks were used. Printing was the most skilled step in the process.

By 1832 Quarry Bank mill was one of the largest cotton spinning mills in England. Cotton weaving was introduced in 1834.

Many of the mill workers originally lived in converted farm buildings in Styal. Additional housing was added as the mill grew.

As in other industries of the time, child labor was an evil of the cotton mills in Cheshire. Quarry Bank Mill was a noted offender who forced its child labor to work long hours for substandard wages. Child apprentices lived in separate quarters and after the day at the mill were expected to study and tend the Apprentice House garden.

"Stockport is a town, a township, a parish, two sub-districts and a district in Cheshire. The town is on the river Mersey, at the influx of the Tame. It is 5 miles south-south-east of Manchester. Has been occupied by Romans, Saxons, and Normans. It became an important center for the cotton manufacturing trade. The population in 1851 was 90,205." (2)

(2) The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, by John Marius Wilson, published in 1870 - 60 years after William Law was born.

Princes Street Stockport.

Not posted.

Bramhall Lane, Stockport. Posted 1909

Parish Church

Posted 1908

Parish Church

Not posted

St Mary's Parish Church, Stockport

Bollin Fee is the name of one of Wilmslow's former parishes.

• A township in Wilmslow Parish, Macclesfield Hundred (SJ 8478). In 1894 most of Bollin Fee was incorporated into Wilmslow civil parish, and at the same time part of Fulshaw civil parish was added to Bollin Fee. In 1936 Bollin Fee was incorporated into Alderley Edge civil parish.
• The population was 1506 in 1801, 1884 in 1851 and 633 in 1901.
• Wilmslow, St. Bartholomew (C of E). The ancient parish church for Bollin Fee.
• For other churches, see Wilmslow

• A township in Wilmslow Parish, Macclesfield Hundred (SJ 8985). In 1894 most of the civil parish became part of Wilmslow, and the rest became Styal civil parish.
• The population was 1122 in 1801 and 1907 in 1851
• Wilmslow, St. Bartholomew (C of E). The ancient parish church for Pownall Fee
• For other churches, see Wilmslow

To see images and to get information on modern Wilmslow go to The Wilmslow Website