Benjamin Law, his wife, Lydia Sheard Law, and several of their children moved from Batley in Batley Parish, Yorkshire to Hyde 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 now a museum see Quarry Bank Mill

"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

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