# Stockport, Cheshire, England

*England / Cheshire*

city · GB · 53.4000, -2.1500

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockport
Wikidata: `Q18655` (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18655)

## People
- [William Fellows](/p/william-fellows-33256.md)
- [James William Thomasson](/p/james-william-thomasson-35403.md)
- [Edward Thomas Selwood](/p/edward-thomas-selwood-38483.md)
- [Benjamin Barrett](/p/benjamin-barrett-44841.md)
- [Mary Ann Richardson](/p/mary-ann-richardson-44842.md)
- [John Metcalf](/p/john-metcalf-70734.md)
- [Dorothy Benson](/p/dorothy-benson-70735.md)

## Events
- 1778 — **Died**: [Dorothy Benson](/p/dorothy-benson-70735.md)
- ABT 1781 — **Occupation (Cotton spinner)**: [John Metcalf](/p/john-metcalf-70734.md) — While working in Cheshire began cotton spinning in a small way near Stockport with six spinning-jennies and a carding engine, later made over to his son-in-law (David Jackson, husband of Tabitha) — "a person in the stocking business".
- 21 FEB 1825 — **Born**: [Benjamin Barrett](/p/benjamin-barrett-44841.md)
- 23 OCT 1825 — **Born**: [Mary Ann Richardson](/p/mary-ann-richardson-44842.md)
- MAR 1844 — **Born**: [William Fellows](/p/william-fellows-33256.md)
- 30 DEC 1848 — **Born**: [James William Thomasson](/p/james-william-thomasson-35403.md)
- 1851 — **Residence**: [James William Thomasson](/p/james-william-thomasson-35403.md) — Age: 2; Relation to Head of House: Son
- ABT 1854 — **Born**: [Edward Thomas Selwood](/p/edward-thomas-selwood-38483.md)