William Henshaw of Stockport (1805-1854)

[RobinRedBreast]

His son James Henshaw (1839 - 1895) had taken over the business. At sometime before the 1871 census, the Lurry Works had moved to 68, Wellington Road North. -

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/7619/images/LANRG10_3656_3658-0052?pId=9722117


OR:

Were they always at the same address, but the street numbers just got re-arranged after the 1861 Census, and before this 1871 Census?

I can't seem to find a 56, or a 58 Wellington Road North in the original images for this 1871 census on Ancestry.

Incidentally, in this 1871 Census a few doors down from James was Robert Harlow, the famous Brass Founder and his wife Emma, at 44 Wellington Road North. The numbers on this original image on Ancestry go from 44 Wellington Road North, at the top of the page, then 46, and straight to number 64. -

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/7619/images/LANRG10_3656_3658-0051?pId=9722086

Emma (nee Kinch 1830 - 1889), was the second wife of Robert Harlow. She was a niece of William Henshaw, born in 1830 from William's older sister Mary (1800 - 1850), and her husband John Kinch. She married Robert Harlow on the 1st of December 1864 at Ashton Under-Lyne.

[Ray T]

The source of the Mersey is the confluence between the River Tame and the River Goyt, underneath the M60.

That’s what they’d like you to think but where’s the evidence? If you look at earlier maps - pre circa. 1880 - the Mersey is formed by the confluence of the Goyt and the Etherow.

[Ray T]

When did this become part of the county of Cheshire? - a simple question to ask - I once worked this out but I’ve forgotten the exact answer!

Stockport always referred to itself as being in Cheshire but after taking over the Heatons area, part of it was within Lancashire.

Yes this part does confuse me (not coming from the area myself), when on Ancestry you see some people who have put people in family trees birth places down as "Heaton Norris, Lancashire," and others have it as "Heaton Norris, Cheshire."    Thank you.

Post 1835, it should be Heaton Norris, Stockport; although there are still people in some parts of Stockport that think they still live in Cheshire

I remember once describing a house in Heaton Moor as “being of little archirectural merit” to which the owner responded that his house had “once been featured in Cheshire Life”. I refrained from telling him that it had never actually been in Cheshire!

[RobinRedBreast]

When did this become part of the county of Cheshire? - a simple question to ask - I once worked this out but I’ve forgotten the exact answer!

Stockport always referred to itself as being in Cheshire but after taking over the Heatons area, part of it was within Lancashire.

Yes this part does confuse me (not coming from the area myself), when on Ancestry you see some people who have put people in family trees birth places down as "Heaton Norris, Lancashire," and others have it as "Heaton Norris, Cheshire."    Thank you.

Post 1835, it should be Heaton Norris, Stockport; although there are still people in some parts of Stockport that think they still live in Cheshire

I remember once describing a house in Heaton Moor as “being of little archirectural merit” to which the owner responded that his house had “once been featured in Cheshire Life”. I refrained from telling him that it had never actually been in Cheshire!

Haha! The plot thickens!

Thank you.