Macclesfield was a township and borough in Prestbury ancient parish,
Macclesfield hundred (SJ 9173), which became a civil parish in 1866.
Since 1974 it has been an unparished area.
It includes the hamlets of Broken Cross, Longmoss, Moss Side, Sycamore Hill
and Whirley Green.
The population was 8743 in 1801, 29648 in 1851, 34624 in 1901, and 35999 in
1951.
Boundary Changes
1894 September 30 — Gained the parts in Macclesfield Municipal Borough of
Hurdsfield (pop. 3114 in 1901) and Sutton (near
Macclesfield) (pop. 4887 in 1901)
Prestbury: St. Peter (Church of England). The ancient
parish church for the township of Macclesfield.
Macclesfield: St. Michael & All Angels (Church of England). An ancient
chapelry to Prestbury: St. Peter, which in 1835 became the district church for
the township of Macclesfield.
in Prestbury parish, originally serving the townships of
Hurdsfield, Kettleshulme
and Macclesfield. Registers of Baptisms 1572-1937, Marriages 1572-1754 & 1835-1985
and Burials 1572-1873 have been deposited at the
Cheshire Record Office.
Macclesfield: Christ Church (Church of England).
Built in 1775 as a chapel to St. Michael,
becoming a district church for part of Macclesfield in 1888. Closed in 1983.
Macclesfield: St. Paul (Church of England).
A district church for part of the township of Macclesfield from 1844.
Macclesfield: St. Peter (Church of England).
A district church for part of the township of Macclesfield from 1844.
Henbury: St. Thomas (Church of England).
The district church for part of Macclesfield from 1845.
Macclesfield: St. John the Evangelist (Church of England). Founded in 1873 as a chapel to
St. Michael & All Angels, become a district church for part of Macclesfield in
1888.
Hurdsfield: Holy Trinity (Church of England).
The district church for part of Macclesfield from 1886.
Macclesfield, Baptist Chapel, Calemine Street, rebuilt in 1873 in St.
George Street.
Macclesfield, Friends' Meeting House (Quaker), Mill Street.
Macclesfield, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan), Sunderland Street. Built
in 1779, closed in 1969. Registers of baptisms 1810-1969 and marriages 1871-1968
are at the Cheshire Record Office.
Macclesfield, Methodist Chapel (New Connexion). Built in 1814 in Parsonage
Street, rebuilt in 1837 in Park Street, closed in 1953. Records of baptisms 1815-1949,
marriages 1920-1949 and burials 1837-1941 are at the Cheshire Record Office.
Macclesfield, Methodist Chapel (Primitive), Beech Lane. Built in 1830.
Macclesfield, Methodist Chapel (Free), Church Street West. Built in
1842, closed in 1960. Records of baptisms 1872-1960 and marriages 1909-1959 are
at the Cheshire Record Office.
Macclesfield, Methodist Chapel (Free), Park Green. Built in 1858, closed
in 1950. Records of baptisms 1856-1940 and marriages 1904-1939 are at the Cheshire
Record Office.
Macclesfield, Methodist (Mount Tabor) Chapel, Tabor Street. Built in
1861, closed in 1966. Registers 1891-1953 are at the Cheshire Record Office.
Macclesfield, Methodist Chapel (Primitive), Higginbotham Street. Built
in 1873.
Macclesfield, Methodist (Trinity) Chapel (Wesleyan), Cumberland Street.
Built in 1874, closed in 1966. Baptisms 1875-1966 and marriages 1876-1965 are
at the Cheshire Record Office.
Macclesfield, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan), Broken Cross. Built in 1880.
Macclesfield, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan), Fountain Street. Built in
1893, closed in 1960. Records of baptisms 1934-1953 are at the Cheshire Record
Office.
Macclesfield, Methodist Chapel, Stamford Road. Founded in 1938, closed
in 1984. Records of baptisms 1939-1986 and marriages 1939-1984 are at the Cheshire
Record Office.
Macclesfield, Spiritualist Free Chapel, Cumberland Street. Built in
1879.
Macclesfield, Unitarian (Ebenezer) Chapel, King Edward Street/Back
Street. Built in 1689 as nonconformist chapel, became Unitarian in 1772. Records
of baptisms 1840-88, marriages 1851-88 and burials 1866-79, and baptisms/marriages/deaths
1897-1920 are at the Cheshire Record Office.
Macclesfield, Unitarian Chapel, Parsonage Street. Built in 1806, closed
in 1887.
Macclesfield, United
Reformed Church (Independent/Congregational). Founded in 1787 at Roe Street,
rebuilt in 1877 at Park Green. Registers of baptisms 1785-1870, marriages 1881-1909
and burials 1789-1915 are at the Cheshire Record Office.
Macclesfield, United
Reformed Church (Independent/Congregational). Founded in 1787 at Roe Street,
rebuilt in 1877 at Park Green. Registers of baptisms 1785-1870, marriages 1881-1909
and burials 1789-1915 are at the Cheshire Record Office.