Macclesfield, Cheshire - Mason RP multiview postcard

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• Picture / Image:  Macclesfield, Cheshire - real photo type multiview: The Cat & Fiddle , Buxton / The Old Rectory, Gawsworth / The Parish Church / South Park and Bandstand / Chestergate
• Publisher:  Masons Alpha series
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Macclesfield is a market town within the unitary authority of Cheshire East, and the county of Cheshire, England. The population of the Macclesfield urban sub-area at the time of the 2011 census was 51,739. A person from Macclesfield is sometimes referred to as a ""Maxonian"".^[1] Macclesfield, like many other areas in Cheshire, is considered to be a relatively affluent town.^[2]

Situated in the ancient Hundred of Hamestan,^[3] the Domesday Book records the town as ""Maclesfeld"" and in 1183 it was referred to as ""Makeslesfeld"".^[4] The English Place-Name Society gives it name as being derived from the Old English name, Maccel and field meaning Maccels' open country.^[5]

Although ""Silk Town"" seems to be its preferred nickname Macclesfield's traditional nickname is ""Treacle Town"" — supposedly from an incident when a load of treacle was spilt on Hibel Road, and the poor scooped it off the cobbles. However, this term is more widely associated with Nuneaton. Another reason was that the mill-owners provided barrels of treacle for unemployed weavers.^{[citation needed]}

Macclesfield was granted a borough charter by Earl Ranulf III of Chester, in the early 13th century, and a second charter was granted by the future King Edward I, in 1261. The parish church of All Saints was built in 1278, an extension of a chapel built in approximately 1220.^[6]

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).

Macclesfield was the administrative centre of the Hundred of Macclesfield, which occupied most of east Cheshire.^[3][7] The Earl of Chester's manor of Macclesfield was very large, and its boundary extended to Disley. The manor house was situated on the edge of the deer park, on the west of the town.

The Earls of Chester established the Forest of Macclesfield which was much larger than its present-day namesake. It was used for hunting deer and pasturing sheep and cattle. By the end of the 13th century, large areas of the forest had been ploughed because of the pressure of population growth. In 1356, two trees from the forest were gifted to archer William Jauderell to repair his home.

Macclesfield Castle was a fortified town house built by the dukes of Buckingham in the later Middle Ages.

In the uprising of 1645, Charles Stuart and his army marched through Macclesfield as they attempted to reach London. The mayor was forced to welcome the prince, and the event is commemorated in one of the town's silk tapestries.^[8]

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