Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, UK

Macclesfield. Entering along the A523 Silk Road from the North. Note, some fine amalankia in blossom outside Tesco and along to the arighi biancia ( A splendid furniture retailer with a most fabulous shop front...if you have never seen it you are in for a treat) junction, and up the Buxton Road, the A537. Macclesfield train Station is parallel to that junction and the platform can just be seen in the Video.

In the late 1800's John Bartholomew deescribes Macclesfield:

"Macclesfield.-- mun. bor., market town, and township, Prestbury par., Cheshire, on river Bollin and adjacent to the Macclesfield Canal, 17 miles S. of Manchester and 165 miles NW. of London by rail - township, 2580 ac., pop. 28,619; bor., 3215 ac., pop. 37,514; 3 Banks, 3 newspapers. Market-days, Tuesday and Saturday. ...Macclesfield has an agreeable position on an eminence in proximity to the district known as Macclesfield Forest. It had an early appearance on the stage of history owing to its being a part of the estates of the Earls of Mercia before the Conquest. It was besieged and taken by the Parliamentarians under Sir William Brereton during the Civil War. Afterwards it supplied 4 regiments of 700 men each for the service of Charles II., while he was at the head of his army in Scotland. In 1745 it was occupied by the forces of Prince Charles. Silk mfr. in nearly all its branches forms the staple trade. The first silk mill was opened in 1756. For many years the silk throwsters of Macclesfield supplied material to the Spitalfield weavers. The town has extensive mfrs. of upholsterers' trimmings, a few cotton and smallware factories and some breweries. Coal mines and slate and stone quarries are worked in the vicinity. The fine old church of St Michael, founded in 1278, is its most interesting building. Macclesfield was incorporated in the reign of Henry III., and was made a parliamentary borough in 1832. It returned 2 members to Parliament from 1832 until 1885, when it was disfranchised."

Politically:
from the Macclesfield Conservatives:
"The Macclesfield constituency is comprised of the town of Macclesfield together with Bollington, Disley, Poynton, Prestbury and surrounding communities. Part of the Peak District National Park falls within the eastern side of the constituency.

Macclesfield has been a Conservative seat since the 1918 general election. Sir Nicholas Winterton DL was elected in 1971 to represent the constituency until he retired. David Rutley was then elected as Macclesfield's Member of Parliament in the 2010 General Election."

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