8 Parishes specially prominent in the emigration were Stockport, Wilmslow, Macclesfield, Gawsworth, Middlewich, Northwich, Nantwich, Great and Little Budworth, Cheadle and Prest-bury. All but the Budworths lay along the eastern edge of Cheshire. Comparatively little emigration came from north Cheshire, which has been identified mistakenly as a major Quaker center in the 17th century. For a good description of the eastern part of the county see R. N. Dore, Cheshire (London, 1974), chap. VI, “The Pennine Border.” On wind and wireglass and close mist, see William Bagshawe Diary, 1 Jan. 1697, DERBRO.
9 Monyash Monthly Meeting Minutes, 21.xii.1672, ms. Q86/NRS, NOTTRO.
10 Forde, “Derbyshire Quakers,” 1-6.
11 Humphrey Moore, The Case of Lydia Davy (York, 1983), 25-26.