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    Macclesfield (/ m æ k əl z f i əl d /) is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, on the River Bollin and the edge of the Cheshire Plain, with Macclesfield Forest to its east, 16 miles (26 km) south of Manchester and 38 miles (61 km) east of Chester.

  2. Macclesfield is a market town in Cheshire where the Cheshire plain gives way to the Peak District. It is home to the biennial Barnaby Festival. Macclesfield is the original home of the very popular brand of bread, Hovis. Two members of the late 1970s rock band Joy Division, and its successor the popular 1980s band New Order, are from the town.

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  4. 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. Macclesfield through time. Click here for graphs and data of how Macclesfield has changed over two centuries.

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