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Four museums in Macclesfield, Cheshire
Macclesfield Museums is a collection of four museums focusing on Macclesfield and the Silk Industry. The museums are owned by Cheshire East, the local
Macclesfield_Museums
Town and civil parish in Cheshire, England
Macclesfield (/ˈmækəlzfiəld/) is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East, Cheshire, England. It is sited on the River
Macclesfield
English traveller and collector of Egyptian antiquities (1832–1898)
explorer, artist : her life and times 1832-1898. Macclesfield Museums Trust. Macclesfield: Macclesfield Museums Trust. ISBN 978-1870926447. OCLC 56774718. Bray
Marianne_Brocklehurst
Building in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
The building is now known as The Old Sunday School and is part of Macclesfield Museums. Sunday schools were first set up in the 1780s to provide education
Macclesfield_Sunday_School
Macclesfield Museums (silk), the Catalyst Science Discovery Centre in Widnes (chemicals), and the Lion Salt Works in Marston and Weaver Hall Museum in
List_of_museums_in_Cheshire
Control device attached to weaving looms
org. Retrieved 2022-06-18. "The Jacquard Mechanism: Innovation". Macclesfield Museums. Retrieved 2022-06-18. Keranen, Rachel (2016). Inventions in Computing:
Jacquard_machine
Christian educational institution
ISSN 0319-485X. Collins, Louanne (1996). Macclesfield Sunday School 1796- 1996. Macclesfield, Cheshire: Macclesfield Museums Trust. ISBN 1-870926-09-9. John Carroll
Sunday_school
Textile industry process
Collins, Louanne; Stevenson, Moira (1995). Macclesfield The Silk Industry. Images of England. Macclesfield Museums Trust (New Pocket Edition 2006 ed.). Stroud
Silk_throwing
City in Derbyshire, England
Derbyshire Advertiser, 4 March 1870 "How we became The Silk Town". Macclesfield Museums. Archived from the original on 9 November 2021. Retrieved 9 November
Derby
Village in Cheshire, England
Collins, Louanne; Stevenson, Moira (1995). Macclesfield: The Silk Industry. Images of England. Macclesfield Museums Trust (New Pocket Edition 2006 ed.). Stroud
Langley,_Cheshire
The Macclesfield Psalter is a lavishly illuminated manuscript probably produced c. 1320–30 in East Anglia. The psalter, or book of Psalms, contains 252
Macclesfield_Psalter
Traditional methods of textile production
Collins, Louanne; Stevenson, Moira (1995). Macclesfield: The Silk Industry. Images of England. Macclesfield Museums Trust (New Pocket Edition 2006 ed.). Stroud
Textile manufacturing by pre-industrial methods
Textile_manufacturing_by_pre-industrial_methods
British writer and widow of Ian Curtis (born 1956)
February 2015). "Campaign to set up an Ian Curtis museum at the Joy Division singer's former Macclesfield home". About Manchester. Archived from the original
Deborah_Curtis
World War I memorial in Macclesfield, England
Macclesfield Cenotaph is a World War I memorial in Park Green, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. It was unveiled in 1921, and consists of a stone pillar
Macclesfield_Cenotaph
Topics referred to by the same term
Museum, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Yokohama Silk Museum Museum of Calabrian textile, silk, costume and fashion handicrafts Suzhou Silk Museum Derby
Silk_Museum
Congleton, Macclesfield, Bollington and Stockport, England, were traditionally silk-weaving towns. Silk was woven in Cheshire from the late 1600s. The
Silk_industry_in_Cheshire
English painter
Sheffield, Macclesfield Museums, Newport Museum, Northampton Museum and Art Gallery, Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery, Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum in Bournemouth
Mabel_Frances_Layng
English businessman and magistrate
Moira (1995). Macclesfield The Silk Industry. Images of England. Macclesfield Museums Trust (New Pocket Edition 2006 ed.). Stroud, Gloucester: Nonsuch
Harold_W._Whiston
British peer
Richard Timothy George Mansfield Parker, 9th Earl of Macclesfield (born 31 May 1943), is a British hereditary peer. He was a member of the House of Lords
Richard Parker, 9th Earl of Macclesfield
Richard_Parker,_9th_Earl_of_Macclesfield
British Labour MP
Parliament for Macclesfield since 2024, when he gained the seat from the Conservative Party. Roca is the first ever Labour MP for Macclesfield, which had
Tim_Roca
Art museum in London, England
national British museums, entrance is free. Overall, the V&A is one of the world's largest museums. The Victoria and Albert Museum has its origins in
Victoria_and_Albert_Museum
British historian (1944–2021)
Dye, Print, Stitch: The Textiles of Thomas and Elizabeth Wardle (Macclesfield Museums Trust, 2009) ISBN 978-1870926003 2019 The Wardle Family and its Circle:
Brenda_M_King
British businessman
Dye, Print, Stitch: The Textiles of Thomas and Elizabeth Wardle (Macclesfield Museums Trust, 2009) ISBN 978-1870926003 Brenda M King, 2019 - The Wardle
Thomas_Wardle_(industrialist)
English singer-songwriter (1956–1980)
Stretford on 15 July 1956, and grew up in a working-class household in Macclesfield. He was the first of two children born to Doreen and Kevin Curtis. From
Ian_Curtis
British politician and astronomer (1697–1764)
George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, FRS (c. 1697 – 17 March 1764) was a British politician and astronomer. George was tutored by Welsh mathematician
George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield
George_Parker,_2nd_Earl_of_Macclesfield
Park in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
West Park is a public park in Macclesfield, in Cheshire, England, about 0.5 kilometres (0.3 mi) north-west of the town centre. It was opened in 1854, and
West_Park,_Macclesfield
Macclesfield is a town in Cheshire East, England. It was originally a market town, and was granted a charter in 1261. The medieval town surrounded a hilltop
Listed buildings in Macclesfield
Listed_buildings_in_Macclesfield
British actor
Lancaster is a former member of the Macclesfield-based theatre groups SCAMPS Youth Company, Paragon Youth Theatre and Macclesfield Amateur Dramatic Society.[citation
Marshall_Lancaster
Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald. 6 November 1942. p. 6. The Museums Journal. Museums Association. 1909. p. 144. The London Manual for 1905. Edward Lloyd
John Thomas Taylor (British Museum)
John_Thomas_Taylor_(British_Museum)
malis terrori no terror, except to the bad Motto of The King's School, Macclesfield nil per os, rarely non per os (n.p.o.) nothing through the mouth Medical
List_of_Latin_phrases_(full)
Working Museum, Scotland Signal Tower Museum, Angus, Scotland The Silk Museum, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Stott Park Bobbin Mill, Cumbria, England Thwaite
Textile_museum
Railway line in England
Line serving Stafford, Stone, Stoke-on-Trent, Kidsgrove, Congleton, Macclesfield, Cheadle Hulme, Stockport and Manchester. The line was completed in 1848
Stafford–Manchester_line
Village and civil parish in Cheshire, England
and civil parish in Cheshire, England, 6 miles (10 km) north-west of Macclesfield and 12 miles (19 km) south of Manchester. It lies at the base of a wooded
Alderley_Edge
British Army officer (born 1939)
in Berkshire, who was a great-grandson of Thomas Parker, 6th Earl of Macclesfield, and his wife Ann (née de Trafford), daughter of multimillionaire racehorse
Andrew_Parker_Bowles
– Edward Rayner, English footballer (Northwich Victoria, Stoke City, Macclesfield Town) (b. 1932). 6 April Jill Knight, politician, MP (1966–1997), member
2022 deaths in the United Kingdom
2022_deaths_in_the_United_Kingdom
Medieval castle in England
first Earl of Macclesfield who made it his family seat, and altered further in the early nineteenth century. The Earls of Macclesfield remained in residence
Shirburn_Castle
Town in Cheshire, England
ceremonial county of Cheshire, England; from 1974 to 2009 it was in Macclesfield district. It is located on the easternmost fringe of the Cheshire Plain
Poynton
Company, the Liverpool, Southport, and Preston Junction Railway, and the Macclesfield Committee, and certain other Railway Companies connected therewith. Railway
List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1892
List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1892
Borough in England
Knutsford Leighton Macclesfield Central Macclesfield East Macclesfield Hurdsfield Macclesfield South Macclesfield Tytherington Macclesfield West and Ivy Middlewich
Cheshire_East
English astronomer
Ebbe's Church in Oxford. Supported by, among others; the 2nd Earl of Macclesfield (George Parker), Savilian Professor of Astronomy James Bradley and by
Nathaniel_Bliss
Title]". The Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 14 September 2022. "Coldstream Guards - Freedom of the Burgh". The Imperial War Museum. 21 June 2025. Retrieved
List of Freedom of the City recipients
List_of_Freedom_of_the_City_recipients
between proposed docks at Warrington and Sutton-on-Sea via Knutsford, Macclesfield (branch to Cheadle for Manchester), Buxton, Chesterfield and Lincoln
List_of_unused_railways
Queen of the United Kingdom since 2022
Catholic Church. Tom, like his father, is in remainder to the Earldom of Macclesfield. In December 1994, after 21 years of marriage, the couple issued divorce
Queen_Camilla
semi-autonomous Danish territory. 10 January Non-league football team Macclesfield F.C. defeat Crystal Palace 2–1 in the FA Cup third round, technically
2026_in_the_United_Kingdom
Tributary of the River Mersey in north-west England
for about 30 miles from its source in the Pennine foothills through Macclesfield, Wilmslow, passing under Manchester Airport, before flowing into the
River_Bollin
English Victoria Cross recipient (1912–1991)
his second wife Nancy and one of his children. Eardley was interred at Macclesfield Cemetery in Cheshire. George Harold Eardley VC MM was awarded the following
George_Harold_Eardley
Norman castle in Norwich, England
Castle, Museum and Art Gallery:Decorative arts". museums.norfolk.gov.uk. Norfolk Museums Service. Retrieved 24 December 2021. Norfolk Museums Archaeology
Norwich_Castle
British Army officer and politician
against Wales. Bromley-Davenport was elected Member of Parliament for Macclesfield in the July 1886 general election. He was appointed a captain in the
William Bromley-Davenport (British Army officer)
William_Bromley-Davenport_(British_Army_officer)
Bulgarian linguist. Barry Hartle, 85, English footballer (Sheffield United, Macclesfield Town, Watford). John Huard, 80, American Hall of Fame football player
Deaths_in_January_2025
English building society
The Cheshire Building Society was a building society based in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. It was the 11th largest building society in the United Kingdom
Cheshire_Building_Society
Market town and civil parish in Cheshire, England
miles (18 km) south of Manchester and 7 miles (11 km) north-west of Macclesfield. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 26,213 and the built
Wilmslow
skier, Olympic champion (1972). Tibor Szabo, 64, English footballer (Macclesfield Town, Bradford City). Pierre Tiollais, 89, French physician and biologist
Deaths_in_August_2024
English art historian (born 1956)
of Fred Adams, the Montefiore Collection of Hebrew Manuscripts, the Macclesfield Library from Shirburn Castle, and the Wardington Collection of Maps and
James_Stourton
English businessman
industrialist. He played an important part in establishing the silk industry in Macclesfield, Cheshire and later became involved in the mining and metal industries
Charles_Roe
19 September 2020. "Origins of the name Bellingen". Bellingen and Urunga Museum. 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020. "Barcaldine and Barcaldine Shire". Queensland
List of towns and cities in Australia by year of settlement
List_of_towns_and_cities_in_Australia_by_year_of_settlement
Hall 25 January 1963 Darwen England Co-Operative Hall 26 January 1963 Macclesfield El Rio Club Stoke-on-Trent King's Hall 27 January 1963 Manchester Three
List of the Beatles' live performances
List_of_the_Beatles'_live_performances
Workington AFC". Boroughpark.tripod.com. Retrieved 14 April 2010. "EFL Official Website - Macclesfield Town". www.efl.com. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
Development of stadiums in English football
Development_of_stadiums_in_English_football
of the said settled estates as are near, or adjoining to, the town of Macclesfield, in the said county of Chester; and for vesting the manor and other hereditaments
List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1799
List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_from_1799
Watermill in Staffordshire, England
millwright in Mill Street in 1742 after completing his apprenticeship in Macclesfield, was asked to rebuild the corn mill in Leek. The new mill was probably
Brindley_Water_Mill
11th-century invasion of England
(2005). Castles in Context: Power, Symbolism and Landscape, 1066 to 1500. Macclesfield, UK: Windgather Press. ISBN 978-0-9545575-2-2. Loyn, H. R. (1984). The
Norman_Conquest
British landowner (born 1935)
Culcheth Ellesmere Port Frodsham Handforth Holmes Chapel Knutsford Lymm Macclesfield Malpas Middlewich Nantwich Neston Northwich Poynton Runcorn Sandbach
William Bromley-Davenport (Lord Lieutenant)
William_Bromley-Davenport_(Lord_Lieutenant)
Month of 1980
singer-songwriter of acclaimed English post-punk band Joy Division, in Macclesfield, hanged himself. South Korea's military leaders ordered the shutdown
May_1980
Former airport and aircraft factory in the United Kingdom
Greater Manchester, England, 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) north of Macclesfield. It was opened by the Avro company after the First World War and became
Woodford_Aerodrome
St Annes Town Hall More images Lancashire 1898 Locally listed. Macclesfield Macclesfield Town Hall More images Cheshire 1824 Grade II* listed (1206935)
List of city and town halls in England
List_of_city_and_town_halls_in_England
Former royal residence in Brighton, England
Pavilion & Museums Trust". Royal Pavilion and Museums Brighton and Hove. "Brighton Pavilion and Museums staff "concerned" about trust move". Museums Association
Royal_Pavilion
tour." England's defensive midfielder was 17-year-old Janet Bagguley of Macclesfield Ladies, described by Wendy Owen as "hard as nails and a ferocious tackler"
1972 Scotland v England women's football match
1972_Scotland_v_England_women's_football_match
British numismatist (1780–1867)
Antiquities at the British Museum. Born at Macclesfield on 5 May 1780, he was the eldest son of Edward Hawkins of Macclesfield, banker, and his wife Ellen
Edward_Hawkins_(numismatist)
Examiner. Retrieved 2 August 2012. Sam Rothschild at Greater Sudbury Heritage Museums. "Ottawa Citizen – Google News Archive Search". "Hansard". Archived from
List of sportsperson-politicians
List_of_sportsperson-politicians
British noble (1879–1953)
Culcheth Ellesmere Port Frodsham Handforth Holmes Chapel Knutsford Lymm Macclesfield Malpas Middlewich Nantwich Neston Northwich Poynton Runcorn Sandbach
Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster
Hugh_Grosvenor,_2nd_Duke_of_Westminster
of the said settled estates as are near, or adjoining to, the town of Macclesfield, in the said county of Chester; and for vesting the manor and other hereditaments
List of acts of the 3rd session of the 18th Parliament of Great Britain
List_of_acts_of_the_3rd_session_of_the_18th_Parliament_of_Great_Britain
1997 novel by Thomas Pynchon
and introduces a new territory to the book with the revelation that Macclesfield recruited a cadre of "Asiatic Pygmies" to colonize the missing time and
Mason_&_Dixon
Pub in Chinatown, London
Martin, for the publican, Mr Crimmen. It was renamed The Macclesfield, being in Macclesfield Street, and was soon leased by a retired Dutch sea captain
De_Hems
Lands Clauses Acts. Macclesfield Order 1893 Provisional Order to enable the Urban Sanitary Authority for the Borough of Macclesfield to put in force the
List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1893
List_of_acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_from_1893
Place of burial in North London, England
translator and senior librarian at the Department of Printed Books, British Museum Edward Cardwell, 1st Viscount Cardwell, prominent politician in the Peelite
Highgate_Cemetery
British businessman (1956-2020)
the Iranian revolution of 1978–1979. He was educated at King's School, Macclesfield (1968–1974) and then at Oxford University (1975–1978), where he read
Ian Taylor (British businessman)
Ian_Taylor_(British_businessman)
District in London, England
the Military Ground, which was owned by Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield. The initial development contained a large house belonging to the Earl
Soho
Historic site near Northwich, England
family business in 1888 John Thompson Junior retired to Eddisbury Hall in Macclesfield. His sons were soon involved with the salt business once more. Henry
Lion_Salt_Works
United States historic place
The Moravian Pottery & Tile Works (MPTW) is a history museum which is located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. It is owned by the County of Bucks, and operated
Moravian Pottery and Tile Works
Moravian_Pottery_and_Tile_Works
Association football club in Lincoln, England
November 2022. "Lincoln City return to Football League with victory against Macclesfield". The Guardian. 22 April 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2022. "Burnley 0–1
Lincoln_City_F.C.
Assembly (since 2018). John Poole, 87, English footballer (Port Vale, Macclesfield Town). Jean-Ernest Ramez, 88, French Olympic fencer (1964, 1968). Vincent
Deaths_in_November_2020
Peat marsh in Cheshire, England
1984. Lindow Man is now on display at the British Museum. Lindow Common was managed by Macclesfield Borough Council's Countryside and Ranger Service.
Lindow_Common
Cavalry) and author, cancer. George Sievwright, 88, Scottish footballer (Macclesfield Town, Oldham Athletic, Rochdale). Paulo Soares, 63, Brazilian journalist
Deaths_in_September_2025
Two German multinational discount supermarket chains
on 31 October 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017. "HCM: The Home Computer Museum". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 9 February
Aldi
Canal in England
petroleum and around five tons of gunpowder exploded right under the Macclesfield Bridge, just outside London Zoo. Until the explosion, the Tilbury was
Regent's_Canal
Australian sculptor (1949–2008)
March 2008) was an Australian artist and furniture designer who lived in Macclesfield, South Australia. His work has been exhibited in Adelaide, Sydney and
Ondrej_Mares
English water company
Fylde Water Board Lakes and Lune Water Board Lune Valley Water Board Macclesfield District Water Board Makerfield Water Board Mid Cheshire Water Board
North_West_Water
winner (1968, 1987). Stan Bevans, 86, English footballer (Stoke City, Macclesfield Town). Edward Bruner, 95, American anthropologist. Tony Charmoli, 99
Deaths_in_August_2020
Appointments by King George V
Department Arthur Ball, Postman, Birmingham James Walter Ball, Postman, Macclesfield Joseph Frederic Banks, Sorter, London Postal Service Benjamin Christopher
1917_New_Year_Honours
Civil parish in Staffordshire, England
is about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Leek and 7 miles (11 km) south of Macclesfield, on the A523 road which runs between these towns. The parish council
Rushton,_Staffordshire
English footballer (1937–2023)
he withdrew from public life. Charlton died at Macclesfield District General Hospital in Macclesfield, Cheshire, on 21 October 2023, at the age of 86
Bobby_Charlton
Cotton spinning mill in Cheshire, England
It was built alongside the Macclesfield Canal, which opened in 1831. Clarence Mill was built alongside the Macclesfield Canal, on Clarence Road to the
Clarence_Mill
Listed church in Greater Manchester, England
Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Stockport. A church stood on the site by 1190. A sandstone
St_Mary's_Church,_Stockport
English actress (1926–2016)
actress, making her stage debut in 1949 at the Adelphi Guild Theatre in Macclesfield. She first appeared as Florrie in Sheppey by W. Somerset Maugham. She
Jean_Alexander
ranked as the oldest rugby union club outside Europe by the World Rugby Museum of Twickenham, although the first certain rugby match played by MVCC was
Oldest_football_clubs
English fashion designer (born 1974)
influential people in the world according to Time. Burton was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, one of five children of Anthony and Diana Heard. She attended
Sarah_Burton
1819 massacre by government troops in Manchester
restored in Manchester until the next morning, and in Stockport and Macclesfield rioting continued on the 17th. There was also a major riot in Oldham
Peterloo_Massacre
Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Public General Statutes: 1860. 1860. pp. 1261–1279. "The Macclesfield Bridge disaster | Royal Museums Greenwich". www.rmg.co.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2024
Gunpowder_Act_1860
committed suicide. 134 7 "Residual Haunts" Prospect, Maine – Fort Knox Macclesfield, North Carolina – Ferrell residence April 6, 2011 (2011-04-06) 1.478
List of Ghost Hunters episodes
List_of_Ghost_Hunters_episodes
Church in East Sussex, England
Architecture and Interior Design, Brighton Polytechnic (1987), A Guide to the Buildings of Brighton, Macclesfield: McMillan Martin, ISBN 1-869865-03-0
St_Stephen's_Church,_Brighton
British politician
English silk manufacturer, banker and Liberal Party politician from Macclesfield in Cheshire. He sat in the House of Commons for 36 years, from 1832 to
John Brocklehurst (politician)
John_Brocklehurst_(politician)
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Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Cheshire named Davenport, from the Dane river (apparently named with a Celtic cognate of Middle Welsh dafnu ‘to drop’, ‘to trickle’) + Old English port ‘market town’.Irish (County Tipperary) : English surname adopted by bearers of Munster Gaelic Ó Donndubhartaigh ‘descendant of Donndubhartach’, a personal name composed of the elements donn ‘brown-haired man’ or ‘chieftain’ + dubh ‘black’ + artach ‘nobleman’.John Davenport (died 1670) arrived in Boston, MA, in 1637. He came of an English Cheshire family associated with Capesthorne Hall, near Macclesfield.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly southern Yorkshire and East Midlands)
English (chiefly southern Yorkshire and East Midlands) : regional name from the district in southern Yorkshire around Sheffield and Ecclesfield called Hallam, or a habitational name from a place of this name in Derbyshire. The Derbyshire name is from Old English halum, dative plural of halh ‘nook’, ‘recess’ (see Hale 1). The Yorkshire district, sometimes called Hallamshire, is possibly of the same derivation or alternatively from hallum, dative plural of Old English hall ‘stone’, ‘rock’, Old Norse hallr.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly South Yorkshire)
English (mainly South Yorkshire) : habitational name from Housley Hall in Ecclesfield, South Yorkshire, a compound of Old English hūs ‘house’ + lēah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’.
MACCLESFIELD MUSEUMS
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Girl/Female
Tamil
Stars
Male
Scandinavian
Scandinavian short form of Latin Laurentius, LAURITS means "of Laurentum."
Boy/Male
Hindu
Loved by Vishnu, The curl on vishnus breast
Male
English
Variant spelling of Middle English Wilber, WILBUR means "wild boar."
Female
German
Variant spelling of Old High German Adelinda, ADELINDE means "noble serpent."
Girl/Female
British, Christian, Danish, English
First Rose
Boy/Male
Hindu
Lord Varun, Wise
Female
Esperanto
Esperanto name KATIDA means "kitten-like."
Boy/Male
British, English
Lathe Worker
Girl/Female
Muslim
Glorious. Powerful.
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n.
A rude ancient ax or hatchet, seen in museums.