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10 unusual facts about Macclesfield


Christ Church, Macclesfield

In the second half of the 18th century the parish church of Macclesfield, St Michael's was not big enough to cope with the needs of the growing population of the town.

Deborah Richards

Richards deferred her English Honours year in 1976, and concentrated her efforts into building a mudbrick house in the Macclesfield area, located in the Dandenong Hills region, above Melbourne.

Hurdsfield House

Hurdsfield House is a former country house, now surrounded by housing, in the town of Macclesfield, Cheshire, England.

James Parke, 1st Baron Wensleydale

He studied at The King's School, Macclesfield before matriculating to Trinity College, Cambridge on 28 February 1799, where he won the Craven scholarship, Sir William Browne's gold medal, and was fifth wrangler and senior chancellor's medallist in classics.

Macclesfield Cemetery

Macclesfield Cemetery, is a Victorian cemetery located on Prestbury Road, Macclesfield, Cheshire.

Macclesfield, North Carolina

The Macclesfield Company bought land surrounding the tracks of East Carolina Railway in what is now Macclesfield and build warehouses and other buildings.

Macclesfield, South Australia

The town of Macclesfield was named after the Earl of Macclesfield, to whom George Davenport was a steward in England.

Pet Hate

The band hailed from Macclesfield and featured three ex Silverwing members Dave Roberts, Steve Roberts and Alistair Terry.

Ralph Somerset

He was a fellow at Trinity from 1859 until 1869, whereupon he was compelled to resign due to his marriage to Frances, daughter of T. Brocklehurst, of Macclesfield.

William Ryle

William Ryle (1834–1881) - A native of Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, William Ryle was the son of William Ryle, one of the most successful silk manufacturers in England.


4:AM

'4:AM' was mastered on May 13, 2003 as part of the original Bald on the Inside album project by Roger Boden at The Cottage Group Studios near Macclesfield in Cheshire.

Brocklehurst baronets

He was the youngest son of John Brocklehurst, a silk weaver and Member of Parliament for Macclesfield, the younger brother of William Coare Brocklehurst, also Member of Parliament for Macclesfield, and the uncle of John Brocklehurst, 1st Baron Ranksborough.

GCR Class 9K

The South Yorkshire engines gradually moved to Gorton locomotive shed, from where they were used on Manchester suburban services, and destinations as far as Hayfield and Macclesfield, later joined by the 9Ls, until they were both replaced by DMUs after post-1955 dieselisation.

George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield

From 1752 until his death, Macclesfield was president of the Royal Society, and he made some observations on the great 1755 Lisbon earthquake.

George Parker, 7th Earl of Macclesfield

In 1909 Macclesfield married Lilian Joanna Vere Boyle, the daughter of Major Charles Boyle, of Great Milton, Oxfordshire.

Henshaws Society for Blind People

After spending the war years at Hare Hill, Macclesfield, the residents of the Mary Ann Scott Memorial Home moved to a new permanent home in Southport on September 27.

Jordan Hadfield

The magic of the FA Cup was not to be, and there was no giant killing as Macclesfield were soundly beaten 6–1, despite the heroic efforts of goal keeper Tommy Lee.

Joseph Barney

Other customers were Mrs Elizabeth Montagu (1718–1800), Sir Sampson Eardley, 1st Baron Eardley(1744–1824); possibly, Beilby Porteus, the Bishop of Chester and a well-known abolitionist (1731–1809); Lord Macclesfield and, possibly, Isaac Hawkins Browne.

Langley, Cheshire

The painter Charles Tunnicliffe was born in Langley and painted many birds at the four reservoirs behind the village in Macclesfield Forest.

Levi Brown

Nathaniel Levi Brown (born 1981), English professional footballer for Macclesfield Town

Macclesfield railway station

During the 1860s, the North Staffordshire Railway collaborated with the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire railway (MS&LR) to construct a joint railway between Macclesfield and Marple near Manchester.

Madog Crypl

He was still a child at the death of his father Gruffydd Fychan in 1289, so that he lands were placed in the custody of the queen and then of Reginald de Grey, Justice of Chester and then Thomas of Macclesfield.

Manchester and Birmingham Railway

After two years of proposals and counter-proposals, what emerged was a scheme to run from a junction from the GJR at Chebsey, with branches to Macclesfield and Crewe, into Manchester Store Street, which received Parliamentary authorisation in 1837.

Mary Danforth Ryle

Mary Danforth married William Ryle of Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, reputed to be the largest and wealthiest silk importer in the United States.

Mr. Methane

In the late 1980s, Oldfield turned professional, performing as an opening act for the Macclesfield-based bands The Screaming Beavers and The Macc Lads.

Our Game

Cranmer begins his journey, first to an arms dealer in Macclesfield, England, whom he finds murdered along with his assistants by an Ossetian group called "The Forest"; then to find Emma, who has sought shelter in Paris; then to Russia to track down his former Soviet contacts in hopes of finding Larry; then to Ingushetia to find his friend and try to save him—from the Russians, the Ossetians, and from himself.

Rathbone family

The family origins trace back to Gawsworth, near Macclesfield, where the first William Rathbone was born in 1669, as the son of Phillip Rathbone.

Rose Hill Marple railway station

In 1970, the route south to Bollington and Macclesfield closed to all traffic, the majority of travellers between Macclesfield and the City of Manchester preferring to use the faster West Coast Main Line route via Stockport instead.

Shaun Brisley

Shaun attended local Macclesfield schools: Ivy Bank Primary school and later Henbury High School.

Sir William Brownlow, 4th Baronet

(Col. Brett married Dorothy's sister Anna, the notorious divorced Countess of Macclesfield).

Stafford to Manchester Line

Virgin Trains operate inter-city services between London Euston via the Colwich spur to Stoke-on-Trent, Macclesfield, Stockport and Manchester Piccadilly.

Steve Waddington

Whilst at Macclesfield Town in summer 1986 he was in a car crash with teammates Nigel Shaw, Ian Elsby and Trevor Brissett.

The Combination

Five of the founding teams would eventually go on to play in the Football League, although in the case of Macclesfield, this would not happen until 1997–98.

Thomas Maxfield

He was born in Stafford gaol, one of the younger sons of William Macclesfield of Chesterton and Maer and Aston, Staffordshire; William Macclesfield was a Catholic recusant, condemned to death in 1587 for harbouring priests, one of whom was his brother Humphrey.

Weston Coyney

One of the family, Sir Thomas Parker, became Lord Macclesfield and was Lord Chancellor between 1718–1725 before being convicted of corruption.

William Brocklehurst

William Coare Brocklehurst (1818–1900), businessman and Liberal Party politician from Macclesfield, MP 1868–1880 and 1885–1886

William Brocklehurst Brocklehurst (1851–1929), businessman and Liberal Party politician from Macclesfield, MP 1906–1918

William Chawner

William Chawner (born February 1848 at Macclesfield, Cheshire, died 29 March 1911, at Vence, Alpes Maritimes) was an educational reformer and the first layman to be appointed as Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

William Jauderell

After travelling to England, Jauderell went back overseas, presumably to France where the Battle of Poitiers was happening, and is recorded returning to England in 1356 when he was awarded two oak trees to repair his home at Whaley Bridge in Derbyshire, taken from Macclesfield Forest.