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Macclesfield's first silk mill was founded by Charles Roe in 1743 or 1744. [14] [37] The mills were initially powered by water, and later by steam. [14] There were 71 silk mills operating in 1832, [ citation needed ] employing 10,000 people, but a crash occurred in 1851 and many mill-workers emigrated to the American silk town of Paterson, New ...
Forest of Macclesfield. Mellor and Ludworth were part of the Royal Forest of the Peak but Marple and Wybersley were also in a royal forest, the Forest of Macclesfield. An early development, it was established prior to 1160 and, at its height, it covered about 80 square miles from Chadkirk in the north to just north of Congleton.
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In 1884 a new post and telegraph office was built in the main street and a bank agency was opened. Production of the brewery expanded in the late 1880’s and the Mount Barker Dairy Produce Company opened a creamery in 1893. In 1906 the telephone was connected to Macclesfield.
Nov 13, 2020 · James Kershaw (1838-1908), who can be seen in the picture at centre right, moved to Macclesfield from Manchester in 1864. He lived at ‘Summer Hill’ on Chester Road, and was Mayor of Macclesfield in 1889. In this photo taken in the mid-1950’s, we can see the Weavers’ Garrets in Mill Lane, with a greengrocers and other shopfronts, a car ...
Macclesfield was the centre of the silk industry. The manufacture of silk-covered buttons began in the 16th century, and silk throwing was introduced in 1756, when the first silk mill was built. By the end of the 18th century the silk industry was flourishing, but silk production ceased in the late 20th century. The town is now primarily an ...
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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.
The conifers are 20th century additions, and the reservoirs were created – Ridgegate in 1850, Trentabank in 1929 – to provide drinking water for Macclesfield. But you have to admit that, for a man-made landscape, it looks very much as nature intended. The wildlife certainly thinks so.
