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Approximate Population: 50,688
Macclesfield is a market town within the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, with a population of about 50,688. A person from Macclesfield is sometimes referred to as a “Maxonian”.
Situated in the ancient Domesday Hundred of Hamestan, the Domesday Book lists Macclesfield as “Maclesfeld”, whilst in 1183 it was referred to as “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.
Macclesfield is served by four state high schools; Macclesfield High School (formerly Henbury High School), Fallibroome High School, Tytherington High School and All Hallows Catholic College.
There are also two independent schools, The King’s School and Beech Hall School.
Macclesfield High School is made up of students from the former school Henbury High School, and also took in the students left over when the secondary school Ryles Park closed 2004. It is on the site as Macclesfield College and Park Lane Special School as part of the Macclesfield ‘Learning Zone’, which was opened in 2007.
General Builders Macclesfield Cheshire
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