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| Population | 50,688 |
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| District | Macclesfield |
| Shire county | Cheshire |
| Region | North West |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MACCLESFIELD |
| Postcode district | SK10 SK11 |
| Dialling code | 01625 |
| Police | Cheshire |
| Fire | Cheshire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| European Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | Macclesfield |
| List of places: UK • England • Cheshire | |
Macclesfield is a market town in Cheshire, England with a population of about 50,688 (2001 census for Macclesfield urban sub-area). Cheshire (or archaically the County of Chester) is a county in North West England. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude The districts of England are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government For the principal settlement of this borough see Macclesfield. Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are one of the four levels of Subdivisions of England used for the purposes of Local government outside Greater London Cheshire (or archaically the County of Chester) is a county in North West England. The region, also known as the government office region, is currently the highest tier of local government sub-national entity of England, with only one North West England is one of the nine official Regions of England. Constituent country is a phrase used often by official institutions in contexts in which a country makes up a part of a larger entity or grouping England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland This list of sovereign states, alphabetically arranged gives an overview of States around the world with information on the extent of their Sovereignty. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A post town is a required part of all postal addresses in the United Kingdom, and a basic unit of the postal delivery system UK Postal codes are known as postcodes. UK postcodes are Alphanumeric. The SK postcode area, also known as the Stockport postcode area, is a group of postal districts around Alderley Edge, Buxton, Cheadle, Cheadle The UK Telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Telephone Numbering Plan, is the system used for assigning Telephone numbers in the United There are a number of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom. Cheshire Constabulary is the Home Office Police force responsible for policing the English non-metropolitan county of Cheshire and the unitary The fire service in the United Kingdom operates under separate legislative and administrative arrangements in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and The Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service is the statuory fire and rescue service for the English non-metropolitan county of Cheshire and the The North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust was formed on 1 July 2006 as part of Health Minister Lord Warner's plans to reduce the number of NHS North West England is a Constituency of the European Parliament. This is a list of the 646 constituencies currently represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, as at the 2005 general election Macclesfield is a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. A Gazetteer of place names in the United Kingdom showing each place's County, Unitary authority or council area and its geographical coordinates List of places --> List of cities in the United Kingdom List of towns in England Lists of places This is a partial list of places within the ceremonial county boundaries of Cheshire, in North West England. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Cheshire (or archaically the County of Chester) is a county in North West England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland It is the largest settlement and administrative centre of the Borough of Macclesfield. For the principal settlement of this borough see Macclesfield.
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Macclesfield is located in the east of Cheshire, on the River Bollin, a tributary of the River Mersey. The River Bollin is a river in the north-west of England and a major Tributary of the River Mersey. See also Mersey River (Tasmania and Mersey River (Nova Scotia. It is close to the county borders of Greater Manchester, (to the north), Derbyshire, (to the east) and Staffordshire, (to the south). Greater Manchester is a Metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2 History The area that is now Derbyshire was first visited probably briefly by humans 200000 years ago during the Aveley Interglacial as evidenced by a Middle Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. It is near to the towns of Stockport, (to the north), Buxton, (to the east), which is on the western edge of the Peak District and to Congleton, (to the south). Stockport ( is a large town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on elevated ground on the River Mersey at the influx of the rivers Goyt Buxton is a Spa town in Derbyshire, England. Located close to the county boundary with Cheshire to the west and Staffordshire to the south The Peak District is an upland area in central and northern England, lying mainly in northern Derbyshire, but also covering parts of Cheshire, Greater Congleton is a town and Civil parish in Cheshire, England, on the banks of the River Dane, and to the west of the It is 30miles, (45km), to the east of Chester, the county town of Cheshire. Chester is the County town of Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77040 To the west of the town lies the Cheshire Plain. The Cheshire Plain is a flat Boulder clay plain situated entirely within Cheshire. The town is most famous for its once thriving silk textile industry, commemorated in the local Silk Museum. Silk is a natural Protein Fiber, some forms of which can be woven into Textiles The best-known type of silk is obtained from cocoons A textile is a flexible material comprised of a network of natural or artificial Fibres often referred to as thread or Yarn. Although "Silk Town" seems to be the preferred nickname these days, Macclesfield's traditional local nickname is "Treacle Town"—supposedly from an incident where a merchant spilt a load of treacle on Hibel Road, and the poor rushed out to scoop it off the cobbles. Molasses or Treacle is a thick Syrup by-product from the processing of the Sugarcane or Sugar beet into Sugar. Another, less picturesque, reason has it that the mill-owners used to provide barrels of treacle to the un-employed weavers.
Macclesfield railway station opened on 1 July 1873. Macclesfield railway station is a main line station serving the Cheshire town of Macclesfield. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
It is the home to furniture store Arighi Bianchi, local football club Macclesfield Town, AstraZeneca, one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies, The King's School, Macclesfield which dates from the 16th century, the King's Girls School, Macclesfield, a much more recent development and Beech Hall School; all are private schools. Arighi Bianchi is a Furniture shop in the Town of Macclesfield in Cheshire, England. Macclesfield Town Football Club are an English football team The club were formed in 1874 and are based in the small town of Macclesfield in AstraZeneca PLC (,) is a large Anglo-Swedish Pharmaceutical company formed on 6 April 1999 by the remerger of Swedish Astra AB The King's School Macclesfield is a public day school in Macclesfield, England, and a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference The King's School Macclesfield is a public day school in Macclesfield, England, and a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference For the film of this title see Private School (film. Private schools, or Independent schools are Schools not administered [1] Other local High schools include Fallibroome High School, Tytherington High School, Henbury High School and All Hallows Catholic College. Fallibroome High School is a comprehensive school for girls and boys aged 11 - 18 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. Tytherington High School is a Comprehensive school and specialist Science College in Macclesfield, in Cheshire. Henbury High School was a Comprehensive school for girls and boys aged 11 - 18 in Macclesfield, Cheshire. All Hallows Catholic College is a large Catholic co-educational comprehensive School and Sixth form college that educates approximately The fine Georgian Town Hall was designed by Francis Goodwin in 1823. Georgian architecture is the name given in most English -speaking countries to the set of Architectural styles current between 1720 and 1840 Francis Goodwin ( 23 May 1784 – 30 August 1835) was an English Architect, best known for his many provincial churches Present day industries include: pharmaceuticals, textiles, light engineering, paper and plastics. A drug, broadly speaking is any chemical substance that when absorbed into the body A textile is a flexible material comprised of a network of natural or artificial Fibres often referred to as thread or Yarn. Engineering is the Discipline and Profession of applying technical and scientific Knowledge and Paper is thin material mainly used for writing upon printing upon or packaging Plastic is the general common term for a wide range of synthetic or semisynthetic organic solid materials suitable for the manufacture of industrial products
The Domesday Book lists Macclesfield as "Maclesfeld", whilst in 1183 it was referred to as "Makeslesfeld". The Domesday Book (ˈduːmzdeɪ bʊk also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester) was the record of the great survey [2]
It is thought that Macclesfield got its name from "Michael's field" - referring to St. Michael, as in St. Michael (מִיכָאֵל Micha'el or Mîkhā'ēl; Μιχαήλ Mikhaíl; Michael or Míchaël; ميخائيل Mikhā'īl) is an Michael's church.
A person from Macclesfield is referred to as a "Maxonian".
Situated in the ancient Domesday Hundred of Hamestan,[3] (later, in the hundred of Macclesfield) Macclesfield was granted a borough charter by the Lord Edward, the future King Edward I, in 1261. The Hundreds of Cheshire, as with other Hundreds in England were the geographic divisions of Cheshire for administrative military and judicial purposes Edward I (17 June 1239 – 7 July 1307 popularly known as Longshanks, was a King of England who achieved historical fame by conquering large parts of Wales and almost There is evidence that the borough had originally been founded by Ranulf III, Earl of Chester, early in the thirteenth century. The Earldom of Chester was one of the most powerful earldoms in Medieval England. The parish church of St Michael was built in 1278, an extension of a chapel built in approximately 1220. [4]
The borough had a weekly market, and two annual fairs: the Barnaby fair, was on St Barnabas day (11 June), the other on the feast of All Saints (1 November). Saint Barnabas (1st century born Joseph was an early Christian convert one of the earliest disciples in Jerusalem. Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi
Macclesfield was the administrative centre of the later Hundred of Macclesfield, which occupied most of east Cheshire. The Hundreds of Cheshire, as with other Hundreds in England were the geographic divisions of Cheshire for administrative military and judicial purposes [3][5] The Earl of Chester's manor of Macclesfield was very large, and its boundary went as far as Disley. Disley is a Village and Civil parish in the Borough of Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. The manor house was situated on the edge of the deer-park, on the west of the town.
In addition, the Earls of Chester had established the forest of Macclesfield, which was much larger than its present-day namesake. Macclesfield Forest is an area of woodland predominantly conifer plantation located around 5 km (3 miles south east of Macclesfield in the Civil parish of It was used for hunting deer, as well as pasturing sheep and cattle. By the end of the thirteenth century, large areas of the forest had been ploughed up because of the pressure of population growth. In 1356, two trees from the forest were gifted to archer William Jauderell to repair his home. William Jauderell was an archer in the English armies in Wales of Edward the Black Prince in the 14th Century.
The so-called 'Macclesfield Castle' was a fortified town house built by the dukes of Buckingham in the later Middle Ages.
In the uprising of 1745, Charles Stuart and his army marched through Macclesfield as they attempted to reach London. The Mayor was forced, reluctantly, to officially welcome the Prince, and this welcome is commemorated in one of the town's famous silk tapestries. [6] At one point, Macclesfield was the world's biggest producer of finished silk; now, the four Macclesfield Silk Museums display a huge range of information and products from that period. At one time the silk manufacture was home based but as machinery was introduced large sheds were built to accommodate it and the workers were expected to move into them. Paradise Mill is a working mill museum which demonstrates the art of silk weaving to the public. [7]
Between 1826 and 1831 the Macclesfield Canal was constructed,[8] linking Macclesfield to Marple to the north and Kidsgrove to the south. The Macclesfield Canal is a Canal in east Cheshire, England. Route The canal runs from Marple Junction at Marple Marple is a large village within the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, in Greater Manchester, England. Kidsgrove is a Town in the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England, near the border with Cheshire
Waters Green was once home to a nationally known horse market which features in the legend of the Wizard of Alderley Edge. Alderley Edge is a village and Civil parish in Cheshire, England.
Thornton Square is situated in a mainly residential area of Macclesfield. In 2002, the square came to national media prominence in the UK as a result of ‘The Thornton Square Affair’ – an eighteen month police operation leading to the issuing of some of the earliest multiple ASBO (anti-social behaviour orders) in respect of five youths accused of being verbally abusive and threatening, stealing from shops, behaving drunkenly and public micturition. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Urination, also known as micturition, voiding, and more rarely emiction, is the process of disposing Urine from the Urinary bladder The case was subsequently used by a number of UK police forces, including Cumbria and London Metropolitan, as a training case-study and an example of how to run similar operations. Boundaries and divisions Cumbria is neighboured by Northumberland, County Durham, North Yorkshire, Lancashire, and the Lieutenancy [9]
See also: Macclesfield (UK Parliament constituency), Macclesfield (borough)
Macclesfield gives its name to a parliamentary constituency which covers the town and the surrounding area. Macclesfield is a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. For the principal settlement of this borough see Macclesfield. Macclesfield is a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The current MP is Sir Nicholas Winterton, who was first elected in 1971. Sir Nicholas Raymond Winterton (born 31 March 1938) is a British Politician. On a local government level, Macclesfield town hall is the headquarters of Macclesfield Borough Council, which administers the Macclesfield parliamentary constituency and the neighbouring constituency of Tatton. Tatton is a County constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Both the parliamentary seat and the council are held by the Conservatives, who have held the parliamentary seat since the 1918 general election[10] and have held overall control of the council since 1976. The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom [11]
The entire borough of Macclesfield is twinned with
Eckernförde, Germany. Eckernförde ( Danish: Egernførde, sometimes also Egernfjord, Low German: Eckernför, sometimes also Eckernföör is a Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. [12]
Macclesfield has few cultural amenities; in 2004, research was published in The Times naming Macclesfield and its borough the most uncultured town in Britain, based on its lack of theatres, cinemas and other cultural facilities. The Times is a daily national Newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register. [13] However, Macclesfield does have a museum which concentrates on the history of the silk industry in the town. [14]
Local newspapers include the Macclesfield Express[15] and the Community News. [16] Macclesfield residents have access to Macclesfield Forum, an online message board, for informal discussion of local news and issues. An, or message board, is a Bulletin board system in the form of a discussion site [17] The town is also served by two locally-based radio stations: Canalside Community Radio based at the Clarence Mill in Bollington[18], just north of Macclesfield, and Silk FM, a commercial independent radio station with studios in the town. Bollington is a small town in the Borough of Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. [19]
The last remaining commercial cinema in Macclesfield closed in 1997. Discussions have taken place regarding the possibility of building a multiplex cinema,[20] but similar attempts to build a cinema have thus far been unsuccessful. In 2005 a small scale temporary cinema was set up in the Heritage Centre, and Cinemac[21] has since become well established; also based in the Heritage Centre is the Silk Screen arts cinema,[22] which gives fortnightly screenings of art house films. Amateur dramatics is well represented in the town by Macclesfield Amateur Dramatic Society which has run since 1947 and has its own theatre in town; there are three art galleries in Macclesfield;[23] Gawsworth Hall hosts an annual Shakespeare festival as well as many arts and music events throughout the year. Gawsworth Old Hall is a country house in the village of Gawsworth, Cheshire, England ( However, during the recent outlining of plans for the new Macclesfield town centre, a large cinema has been given the go-ahead after many years of pressure from the residents.
Macclesfield has appeared in film: it was used as the location for Sir John Mills' film "So Well Remembered" in 1947. Sir John Mills CBE (born Lewis Ernest Watts Mills; 22 February 1908 &ndash 23 April 2005) was an English [24] Some of the locations are still recognisable, such as Hibel Road. A fictionalised version of Macclesfield's railway station appeared in the 2005 football hooliganism film "Green Street". [25]
Musically, Macclesfield is best known as the home town of Ian Curtis and Stephen Morris of Joy Division; a memorial to Curtis is located in Macclesfield Crematorium. Ian Kevin Curtis ( 15 July 1956 – 18 May 1980) was the vocalist and lyricist as well as occasional guitarist and keyboardist of the band Stephen Paul David Morris (born 28 October 1957 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England) is a Musician in the Manchester Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. [26] Other Macclesfield acts to have gained recognition include The Macc Lads and Marion. The Macc Lads - the self proclaimed "rudest crudest lewdest drunkest band in Christendom" - formed in the late 1970s in Macclesfield, UK, playing a fusion Marion are a rock band originally formed in 1993 in Macclesfield, Cheshire. The Macclesfield band Silk Brass have also gone on to receive a National Champion title in the brass band movement in 2003. Since 2004 Maccattack Promotions, and friends, have promoted a flourishing local music scene, with live acts playing at The Queens Hotel, Cuban Knights, The Townhouse and now The Swan With Two Necks. The King Edward Musical Society (KEMS) Orchestra and Macclesfield Light Orchestra both reside and give regular concerts in Macclesfield.
In literature, Macclesfield is the second principal location of the fantasy novels The Weirdstone of Brisingamen and The Moon of Gomrath by Alan Garner. Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting The Weirdstone of Brisingamen is a fantasy story by the author Alan Garner, first published in 1960. The Moon of Gomrath is the sequel to The Weirdstone of Brisingamen by Alan Garner. Alan Garner OBE (born in Congleton, Cheshire, October 17, 1934) is an English writer whose work is firmly rooted in Cheshire
Macclesfield's professional football club, Macclesfield Town, first gained league status in 1997, and currently play in League Two. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Macclesfield Town Football Club are an English football team The club were formed in 1874 and are based in the small town of Macclesfield in The Football League, also known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons is a league competition featuring professional football clubs Football League Two (often referred to as League Two for short or Coca-Cola Football League 2 for Sponsorship reasons is the third-highest division of The club play their home games at the Moss Rose in the south of the town. Moss Rose is a multi-use Stadium in Macclesfield, England. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Macclesfield RUFC, the town's rugby union club, play in National Division Three (North), the fourth tier of rugby union in England. Overview See also Playing rugby union A rugby union match lasts for 80 minutes (plus stoppage time with a short
Macclesfield's cycling club Macclesfield Wheelers [27] is a local club specialising in all forms of cycling activities - from pleasure riding to racing. A cycling club is a society for cyclists It can be local or national general or specialised World famous cyclist Reg Harris produced "Reg Harris" bikes in Macclesfield for 3 years during the 1960s. Reginald - 'Reg' - Hargreaves Harris ( March 1, 1920 - June 22, 1992) was a leading English track racing Cyclist The local cycling campaign group is known as MaccBUG (Macclesfield Borough Bicycle Users Group). [28] Formed in 1999 they campaign for better cycling provision for leisure and utility cyclists.
Macclesfield Chess Club is one of the oldest chess clubs in the country having been founded in 1886. Macclesfield Chess Club meets every Monday between September and the following May at Macclesfield Cricket Club Macclesfield, Cheshire, UK. [29]
In December 2006, Sport England published a survey which revealed that residents of Macclesfield were the 3rd most active in England in sports and other fitness activities. Sport England is the brand name for the English Sports Council and is a Non-departmental public body under the Department for 29. 3% of the population participate at least 3 times a week for 30 minutes. [30]