Macclesfield

/ ˈmækəlzˌfiːld /

noun

a market town in NW England, in Cheshire: former centre of the silk industry; pharmaceuticals, services. Pop: 50 688 (2001)

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This consciousness kept her very quiet during the drive to Macclesfield Buildings.

In September 1685, a proclamation having been issued for his arrest, Macclesfield escaped abroad, and was outlawed.

Macclesfield borough sent two members to parliament in 1832 for the first time.

In the same year Macclesfield was impeached, and although he made a very able defence he was found guilty by the House of Lords.

In 1880 it was disfranchised for bribery, and in 1885 the borough was merged in the county division of Macclesfield.

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