Macclesfield (borough)
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| Borough of Macclesfield | |
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 Shown within Cheshire |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Non-metropolitan district, Borough |
| Region: | North West England |
| Admin. County: | Cheshire |
| Area: - Total |
Ranked 95th 524.97 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Macclesfield |
| ONS code: | 13UG |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density |
Ranked 110th 150,500 287 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 98.1% White |
| Politics | |
| Macclesfield Borough Council http://www.macclesfield.gov.uk/ |
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| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative |
| MPs: | George Osborne, Nicholas Winterton |
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For the principal settlement of this borough, see Macclesfield.
Macclesfield is a local government district, borough and parliamentary constituency in Cheshire England. It includes the towns of Macclesfield, Wilmslow, Knutsford and its wide area includes the villages and hamlets of Adlington, Disley, Gawsworth, Hurdsfield, Kerridge, Pott Shrigley, Poynton, Prestbury, Rainow, Styal, Sutton and Tytherington.
The district was formed in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. It was a merger of Macclesfield municipal borough, Alderley Edge, Bollington, Knutsford and Wilmslow urban districts, along with the single parish Disley Rural District, Macclesfield Rural District and part of Bucklow Rural District.
[edit] Parishes and settlements in the borough
The borough contains 52 civil parishes. The towns of Macclesfield and Wilmslow are not civil parishes. So, they do not have parish councils. They omit this level of local government. Of the 52 parishes, five (Ageden, Little Bollington, Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough, Tatton, and Wincle) hold parish meetings rather than elect a parish council.
[edit] Local sites of interest
The borough is home to a large number of historic sites:
- Tatton Park [1] is the venue for a variety of events: classical concerts; fireworks displays; classic car shows; open air theatre and the Country Show (massed pipes and drums, sheepdog trials, competitions, crafts fair, and dancing).
- Gawsworth Hall [2] is a half-timbered hall, and possibly once home to Shakespeare's 'Dark Lady'. Concerts are held in the grounds, and each summer there is an open air theatre season, featuring Shakespearean classics and light opera, comedy, jazz, and drama.
- Arley Hall [3] is a Victorian-Jacobean hall.
- Quarry Bank Mill [4] is a working water-mill and living museum set in the village of Styal.
- Capesthorne Hall [5] is a Jacobean-style stately home which plays host to a variety of events.
- The whole area is dominated by Alderley Edge [6]; a great sandstone enscarpment that overlooks the Cheshire plain. The Edge itself has been mined for copper since at least the time of the Roman invasion, and is the centre of the legend of the Wizard of Alderley, made famous by local author Alan Garner's books The Weirdstone of Brisingamen and The Moon of Gomrath. Nowadays it is said that the Wizard was Merlin, but this is an addition that only appeared over the past thirty years. Tours of the mines are available, but should not be attempted without an experienced guide - the Edge is riddled with mineshafts.
- Marton Church [7] is a 14th century house of worship which lies on an artificial mound or earthwork.
- Knutsford [8] is best known as the site where King Canute forded the Lily Stream, and as the home of Victorian author Mrs Elizabeth Gaskill (Middlemarch), and the town puts on a May Day parade and festival every year.
- Lyme Park [9] is an estate and park located near Disley. The principal feature of the park is Lyme Hall.
| The Borough of Macclesfield, Cheshire | |
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Principal Settlements |
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Civil Parishes |
Adlington • Agden • Alderley Edge • Ashley • Aston by Budworth • Bexton • Bollington • Bosley • Chelford • Chorley • Disley • Eaton • Gawsworth • Great Warford • Henbury • High Legh • Higher Hurdsfield • Kettleshulme • Knutsford • Little Bollington • Little Warford • Lower Withington • Lyme • Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough • Marthall • Marton • Mere • Millington • Mobberley • Mottram St. Andrew • Nether Alderley • North Rode • Ollerton • Over Alderley • Peover Inferior • Peover Superior • Pickmere • Plumley • Pott Shrigley • Poynton with Worth • Prestbury • Rainow • Rostherne • Siddington • Snelson • Sutton • Tabley Inferior • Tabley Superior • Tatton • Toft • Wincle • |
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Unparished Areas |
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 Cheshire Portal |
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| Unitary authorities: | Halton • Warrington |
| Boroughs/Districts: | Chester City • Congleton • Crewe and Nantwich • Ellesmere Port and Neston • Macclesfield • Vale Royal |
| Cities/Towns: | Alsager • Bollington • Chester • Congleton • Crewe • Ellesmere Port • Frodsham • Knutsford • Macclesfield • Middlewich • Nantwich • Neston • Northwich • Runcorn • Sandbach • Warrington • Widnes • Wilmslow • Winsford See also: List of civil parishes in Cheshire |
| Districts of North West England |  |
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Allerdale | Barrow-in-Furness | Blackburn with Darwen | Blackpool | Bolton | Burnley | Bury | Carlisle | Chester | Chorley | Congleton | Copeland | Crewe and Nantwich | Eden | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Fylde | Halton | Hyndburn | Knowsley | Lancaster | Liverpool | Macclesfield | Manchester | Oldham | Pendle | Preston | Ribble Valley | Rochdale | Rossendale | St Helens | Salford | Sefton | South Lakeland | South Ribble | Stockport | Tameside | Trafford | Vale Royal | Warrington | West Lancashire | Wigan | Wirral | Wyre |
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Counties with multiple districts: Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside |
