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Biddulph, Staffordshire is in Staffordshire.
Around 850 the Danes aka Vikings are believed to have destroyed a Saxon church on the site of St Lawrence's Church, Biddulph. This was later replaced by a Saxon church, probably of stone, since the arch to the belfry is of Saxon type. On the wall of the West end of the present church can be seen the names of past incumbents of St Lawrence, dating back to 1274 but records show that there were others dating back to 1190. There is a gap between 1377 and 1535, when the Parish was administered by the Abbots of Hulton Abbey, and this may have been due to the possibility that many clergy perished during the Black Death. The arrangement with Hulton Abbey continued until the Abbey's closure during the Reformation under Henry VIII. During the Civil War the church was badly damaged by Cromwell's troops and the stained glass windows smashed but the vicar at that time collected the fragments and preserved them. They were later fitted into the East window where they can still be seen.
On 18th July 1691 John Bowyer 2nd Baronet (age 38) died. He was buried at St Lawrence's Church, Biddulph. His son John (age 19) succeeded 3rd Baronet Bowyer of Knipersley in Staffordshire.
Before 2nd February 1705, the date he was baptised at St Lawrence's Church, Biddulph, Bowyer Adderley was born to Charles Adderley (age 37). He married (1) 22nd August 1726 Elizabeth Horton (2) 14th July 1741 his third cousin once removed Lettice Adderley and had issue.
On 5th April 1719 Thomas Gresley 4th Baronet (age 20) and Dorothy Bowyer were married at St Lawrence's Church, Biddulph.