Wilmslow, St Bartholomew's Church, The Interior 1896
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Photo of Wilmslow, St Bartholomew's Church, The Interior 1896

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The original lower height of the chancel roof can easily be seen, but otherwise, the interior is very similar to today`s church. The chancel screen incorporates some 15th-century work, and the side chapels, as one might expect for a church at the centre of a large parish, used to belong to the prominent gentry families in the area, such as the Traffords and the Booths, both of whom married Venables heiresses in the 15th century and thus acquired large parts of Wilmslow. There is also a memorial to J C Prescott, one of Wilmslow`s most important 19th-century developers.

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I found a reference to the house while researching my ancestors. Without using too many great, great, great etc. He was my grandfather's grandfather !
The mill you refer to in the text was about 100 yards up the road from St. Bartholomews, on the opposite side of the road. It was owned by William Bower (not Bowen), and was the last of several Bower cotton mills in Wilmslow, closing in the late 1840's. William lived in a house next to the church, and his will was certified by, among anothers, Mr. Torkington, then owner of the George and Dragon pub (still standing).
I was evacuated to Chester during World War II and met Romany and his dog Raq on a number of occasions when he visited our school.  He talked to us about the countryside, did beautiful simple charcoal drawings of the creatures he was discussing, told us what to wear to become 'Nature detectives' and even played tunes for us on the piano.  He was a lovely man.