Cheshire Towns & Parishes : Macclesfield Forest

MACCLESFIELD FOREST

Macclesfield Forest was a township and chapelry in Prestbury ancient parish, Macclesfield hundred (SJ 9772), which became a civil parish in 1866.
The civil parish was abolished in 1981 to become part of Macclesfield Forest & Wildboarclough.
The population was 215 in 1801, 269 in 1851, 172 in 1901, and 122 in 1951.

For the period after 1981, see Macclesfield Forest & Wildboarclough.

1981 April 4 — Abolished and incorporated into Macclesfield Forest & Wildboarclough

Prestbury: St. Peter (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the township of Macclesfield Forest.
Macclesfield: St. Michael & All Angels (Church of England). An ancient chapel to Prestbury, which became the district church for Macclesfield Forest in 1835
Forest Chapel: St. Stephen (Church of England). Built in 1683 as a chapel to Prestbury: St. Peter, becoming the district church for Macclesfield Forest in 1906.
Rainow: Holy Trinity (Church of England). The district church for Macclesfield Forest from 1973.