Hi Prue. I've looked at the entries for Haybottom from 1841 through to 1901 which confirm my earlier guesstimate of its location. All bar 1851 locate it in Cheshire>Taxal>ED6; 1851 is ED1. They all give clues as to the whereabouts of the Haybottom cottages, so it's well worth browsing those returns and comparing them with old maps eg on the site I mentioned previously.
I've also looked further at the old maps themselves (especially scale 1:2,500). What caught my eye is the naming of 'Heybottom Bridge' in a 1909 Cheshire map (co-ordinates roughly 401008 / 380626), and a 1921 Derbyshire map. On these two maps there is a row of cottages immediately to the west of the bridge, between Sunny Bank on the north side of the Macc Road and Sunny Side to the south, which aren't on earlier maps. So they can't be Haybottom cottages as those were in existence back in 1841. On the other hand, a bit further west just before the lane leading to Reddish farm, there is a collection of cottages both fronting and end-on to the Macc Road which do appear on earlier maps - though i haven't been able to go back further than 1881, scale 1:10,560. Given their location coupled with the context of Haybottom in the various census returns, and their proximity to what is in later maps identified as Heybottom Bridge, I suspect that these are the Haybottom cottages. That could also make sense of shallcross's observation that Haybottom was the area around the river Goyt reaching [westwards] along the Macc Road.
And it looks like the cottages might still be there. Zoom in on the 2010 OS map and you can see the outline of their distinctive layout.
That's my best guess as to their location. I'll be only too happy to be proved wrong and learn something in the event - or indeed to be found right!
Btw, I've just looked at the 184x tithe apportionments. Found 3 plots, Taxal 248, 301 and 302, all owned by J W Jodrell, called Hey Bottom (pasture), Hey Bottom Wath (meadow) and Hey Bottom Nursery (meadow). Occupiers respectively David Adams, Garton Hall, and Joseph Coleby. Unfortunately, I couldn't link through to the maps themselves as there's some system error at the mo', so couldn't see if the plots are anywhere near where I think the cottages might be, but lo and behold Joseph Coleby is living in Haybottom according to the 1841 census...
Birtle
