Tytherington Business Park

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Macclesfield

Cheshire

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Situated in the ancient Domesday Hundred of Hamestan,the Domesday Book lists Macclesfield as “Maclesfeld”, whilst in 1183 it was referred to as escort in macclesfield “Makeslesfeld”.It is thought that Macclesfield got its name from “Michael’s field” - referring to St. Michael, as in St. Michael’s church.

Later, Macclesfield was granted a borough charter by the Lord Edward, the future King Edward I, in 1261. There is evidence that the borough had originally been founded by Ranulf III, Earl of Chester, early in the thirteenth century. The parish church of St Michael was built in 1278, an extension of a chapel built in approximately 1220.

The borough had a weekly market, and two annual fairs: the Barnaby fair,mature macclesfield escort was on St Barnabas day (11 June), the other on the feast of All Saints (1 November).

Macclesfield was the administrative centre of the later Hundred of Macclesfield, which occupied most of east Cheshire. The Earl of Chester’s manor of Macclesfield was very large, and its boundary went as far as Disley. The manor house was situated on the edge of the deer-park, on the west of escort in macclesfield in the town.
Churchill Way, going towards the town centre, Macclesfield

In addition, the Earls of Chester had established the forest of Macclesfield, which was much larger than its present-day namesake. It was used for hunting deer, as well as pasturing sheep and cattle. By the end of the thirteenth century, large areas of the forest had been ploughed up because of the pressure of population growth. In 1356, two trees from the forest were gifted to archer William Jauderell to repair his home.