William Heap II

  General Notes:

Heap is a township and ecclesiastical parish, formed out of Bury, in the South - Eastern division of the county, hundred of Salford, and Bury Union and county court district, 3 miles east from Bury, its nearest railway station. The township is nearly 2 miles long and 1½ broad between Bury and Heywood and includes the town of Heywood. Heap bridge, crosses the river Roch. There are places of worship for United Methodists and Unitarians; also services every Wednesday evening in St. James' school.The remainder of the churches, chapels and schools are to be found described under Heywood. Here are a very large paper and extensive woollen mills. The Earl of Derby is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is sand; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat,oats and potatoes. The acreage is Ð2,938; gross estimated rental,Ð65,513; rateable value, Ð56,492. The population in 1871 was 17,252 of which 16,697 are within the local board district of Heywood. The ecclesiastical district of St. James has a population of 7,611.

William married Hannah Cooper, daughter of Francis Cooper and Sarah Smithurst, on 29 Nov 1813 in St. Mary's, Bury, Lancashire, England. (Hannah Cooper was born on 14 Oct 1795 in Shuttleworth, Lancashire, England, christened on 29 Nov 1795 in Middleton Parish, Lancashire, England, died on 8 Jan 1847 in Pilkington, Lancashire, England and was buried in Jan 1847 in Prestwich Churchyard, Pilkington, Lancashire, England.)