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Macclesfield (borough)
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Macclesfield was, from 1974 to 2009, a local government district
with borough status
in Cheshire
, England
. It included the towns of Bollington
, Knutsford
, Macclesfield
and Wilmslow
and within its wider area the villages and hamlets of Adlington
, Disley
, Gawsworth
, Kerridge
, Pott Shrigley
, Poynton
, Prestbury
, Rainow
, Styal
, Sutton
and Tytherington
.
. It was a merger of Macclesfield
municipal borough
, Alderley Edge
, Bollington
, Knutsford
and Wilmslow
urban district
s, along with the single parish Disley Rural District
, Macclesfield Rural District
and part of Bucklow Rural District
.
and Wilmslow
). Of the 52 civil parishes, five (Ageden
, Little Bollington
, Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough
, Tatton
, and Wincle
) held parish meeting
s rather than elect a parish council. Of the remaining 47 civil parishes, two contained towns (Bollington
and Knutsford
) and so had town councils rather than parish councils administering them. A number of adjacent or abutting civil parishes were grouped together under a single parish council: Ollerton
with Marthall
, Plumley
with Toft
and Bexton
, and Tabley
(for the parishes of Tabley Inferior and Tabley Superior) The remaining 37 civil parishes had their own parish council.
The following civil parishes were included in the borough:
considered reorganising Cheshire's administrative structure as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England
. The decision to merge the boroughs of Macclesfield, Congleton
and Crewe and Nantwich
to create a single unitary authority was announced on 25 July 2007, following a consultation period in which a proposal to create a single Cheshire unitary authority was rejected.
The Borough of Macclesfield was abolished on 1 April 2009, when the new Cheshire East
unitary authority was formed.
Non-metropolitan district
Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially shire districts, are a type of local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties in a so-called "two-tier" arrangement...
with borough status
Borough status in the United Kingdom
Borough status in the United Kingdom is granted by royal charter to local government districts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The status is purely honorary, and does not give any additional powers to the council or inhabitants of the district...
in Cheshire
Cheshire
Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It included the towns of Bollington
Bollington
Bollington is a small rural town and civil parish in the county of Cheshire, , England, in the unitary authority of Cheshire East. It is located east of Prestbury. In the Middle Ages it was part of the Earl of Chester's manor of Macclesfield., and the ancient parish of Prestbury...
, Knutsford
Knutsford
Knutsford is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority area of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, in North West England...
, Macclesfield
Macclesfield
Macclesfield is a market town within the unitary authority of Cheshire East, the county palatine of Chester, also known as the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The population of the Macclesfield urban sub-area at the time of the 2001 census was 50,688...
and Wilmslow
Wilmslow
-Economy:Wilmslow is well known, like Alderley Edge, for having many famous residents, notably footballers, stars of Coronation Street and rich North West businessmen. The town is part of the so-called Golden Triangle in the north west together with Alderley Edge and Prestbury...
and within its wider area the villages and hamlets of Adlington
Adlington, Cheshire
Adlington is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is known as Eduluintune in the Domesday Book. According to the 2001 census the civil parish had a population of 1,081 people across 401 households...
, Disley
Disley
Disley is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is located on the very edge of the Peak District, in the Goyt Valley, very close to the county boundary with Derbyshire at New Mills, and south of Stockport, Greater...
, Gawsworth
Gawsworth
Gawsworth is a civil parish and village in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is one of the eight ancient parishes of Macclesfield Hundred. Twenty acres of the civil parish were transferred to Macclesfield civil parish in 1936The country houses...
, Kerridge
Kerridge
Kerridge is a village in Cheshire, England, part of the parish of Bollington. Kerridge borders the neighbouring parish of Rainow.It gives its name to Kerridge Ridge – one of the western foothills of the Pennines – by which it stands. It is overlooked by the local landmark of White Nancy...
, Pott Shrigley
Pott Shrigley
Pott Shrigley is a small village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. According to the 2001 census, the civil parish and village has a population of 220. The nearest town is Bollington to the southwest.The village has a Church...
, Poynton
Poynton
Poynton is a town within the civil parish of Poynton-with-Worth, and the unitary authority area of Cheshire East, England. For ceremonial purposes it is part of the county of Cheshire. Poynton is located at the eastern most fringe of the Cheshire Plain, north of Macclesfield, south of Stockport...
, Prestbury
Prestbury, Cheshire
Prestbury is a village, civil parish and ecclesiastical parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Prestbury is a long, narrow parish covering 1,165 hectares to the west of the Peak Park foothills and to the east of the sandstone ridge which is...
, Rainow
Rainow
Rainow is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East, located, mostly, on the eastern side of the River Dean valley next to the B5470 road, between Macclesfield and Kettleshulme in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It straddles the eastern side of the Peak...
, Styal
Styal
Styal is a village in Cheshire East, England. It is on the River Bollin, near to the town of Wilmslow.Styal is a commuter village, with access to Manchester. The village is dominated by Quarry Bank Mill and much of its housing is the mill's estate. The mill and the surrounding country park are...
, Sutton
Sutton, Macclesfield
Sutton Lane Ends or Sutton is a semi-rural village and civil parish that is situated roughly a mile south of Macclesfield; it includes the hamlets of Gurnett and Jarman. Sutton is in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England...
and Tytherington
Tytherington, Cheshire
Tytherington near Macclesfield in Cheshire, England is now a residential area. It was once very much a rural setting, with its own stone mansion named 'Tytherington Hall' or 'House', built by the wife of William Brocklehurst in the 19th century...
.
Creation
The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972Local Government Act 1972
The Local Government Act 1972 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974....
. It was a merger of Macclesfield
Macclesfield
Macclesfield is a market town within the unitary authority of Cheshire East, the county palatine of Chester, also known as the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The population of the Macclesfield urban sub-area at the time of the 2001 census was 50,688...
municipal borough
Municipal borough
Municipal boroughs were a type of local government district which existed in England and Wales between 1835 and 1974, in Northern Ireland from 1840 to 1973 and in the Republic of Ireland from 1840 to 2002...
, Alderley Edge
Alderley Edge
Alderley Edge is a village and civil parish within the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 4,409....
, Bollington
Bollington
Bollington is a small rural town and civil parish in the county of Cheshire, , England, in the unitary authority of Cheshire East. It is located east of Prestbury. In the Middle Ages it was part of the Earl of Chester's manor of Macclesfield., and the ancient parish of Prestbury...
, Knutsford
Knutsford
Knutsford is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority area of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, in North West England...
and Wilmslow
Wilmslow
-Economy:Wilmslow is well known, like Alderley Edge, for having many famous residents, notably footballers, stars of Coronation Street and rich North West businessmen. The town is part of the so-called Golden Triangle in the north west together with Alderley Edge and Prestbury...
urban district
Urban district
In the England, Wales and Ireland, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area. Urban districts had an elected Urban District Council , which shared local government responsibilities with a county council....
s, along with the single parish Disley Rural District
Disley
Disley is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is located on the very edge of the Peak District, in the Goyt Valley, very close to the county boundary with Derbyshire at New Mills, and south of Stockport, Greater...
, Macclesfield Rural District
Macclesfield Rural District
Macclesfield Rural District was a rural district of Cheshire, England from 1894 to 1974. All of it is now part of the borough of Macclesfield.Macclesfield as a Municipal Borough and Bollington as an urban district formed an enclave which was surrounded by Macclesfield RD.The district was formed in...
and part of Bucklow Rural District
Bucklow Rural District
Bucklow Rural District was, from 1894 to 1974, a local government district in the north of the administrative county of Cheshire, England. Following the Local Government Act 1972, this rural district was split between the new Greater Manchester boroughs of Trafford and Manchester, and Macclesfield,...
.
Civil Parishes
The borough contained 52 civil parishes and 2 discrete unparished areas (namely, the towns of MacclesfieldMacclesfield
Macclesfield is a market town within the unitary authority of Cheshire East, the county palatine of Chester, also known as the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The population of the Macclesfield urban sub-area at the time of the 2001 census was 50,688...
and Wilmslow
Wilmslow
-Economy:Wilmslow is well known, like Alderley Edge, for having many famous residents, notably footballers, stars of Coronation Street and rich North West businessmen. The town is part of the so-called Golden Triangle in the north west together with Alderley Edge and Prestbury...
). Of the 52 civil parishes, five (Ageden
Agden, Macclesfield
Agden is a civil parish in the Borough of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is near High Legh, and about south-west from Manchester City Centre. It is the site of Agden Hall. According to the 2001 census, the population of the civil parish was 142. Because the...
, Little Bollington
Little Bollington
Little Bollington is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The Bridgewater Canal runs through the western side of the parish from south-west to north, and Dunham Park lies to the north east of the parish, across the...
, Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough
Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough
Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough is a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It lies on the western fringe of the Peak District National park....
, Tatton
Tatton, Cheshire
Tatton is a civil parish in the Borough of Cheshire East and ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. It has a population of 35.-See also:* Tatton Old Hall* Tatton Park* Tatton Park Gardens* Tatton Park Flower Show-References:...
, and Wincle
Wincle
Wincle is a small village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire. The parish contains the village of Danebridge, which is larger than the village of Wincle itself. It holds parish meetings rather than parish council meetings.-External links:...
) held parish meeting
Parish meeting
A parish meeting, in England, is a meeting to which all the electors in a civil parish are entitled to attend. In some cases, where a parish or group of parishes has fewer than 200 electors, the parish meeting can take on the role of the parish council itself, with statutory powers, and electing a...
s rather than elect a parish council. Of the remaining 47 civil parishes, two contained towns (Bollington
Bollington
Bollington is a small rural town and civil parish in the county of Cheshire, , England, in the unitary authority of Cheshire East. It is located east of Prestbury. In the Middle Ages it was part of the Earl of Chester's manor of Macclesfield., and the ancient parish of Prestbury...
and Knutsford
Knutsford
Knutsford is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority area of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, in North West England...
) and so had town councils rather than parish councils administering them. A number of adjacent or abutting civil parishes were grouped together under a single parish council: Ollerton
Ollerton, Cheshire
Ollerton is a village in the Borough of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is situated approximately south east of the town of Knutsford, and has a population of 323....
with Marthall
Marthall
Marthall is a village in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is around 3 miles from Knutsford....
, Plumley
Plumley
Plumley is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.In the village there are two public houses, The Golden Pheasant and The Smoker , a village hall, a Methodist church, tennis courts, riding stables, a post office and a golf...
with Toft
Toft, Cheshire
Toft is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is located immediately to the south of Knutsford and is split by the A50 road to more southern Holmes Chapel...
and Bexton
Bexton
Bexton is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 9. The parish includes Bexton Hall and is to the south of Knutsford....
, and Tabley
Tabley
Tabley is a name that is a component of several place names around where the M6 motorway and A556 cross in Cheshire, England. Its name comes from Anglo-Saxon Tabban-lēah = "Tabba's clearing or meadow".See:...
(for the parishes of Tabley Inferior and Tabley Superior) The remaining 37 civil parishes had their own parish council.
The following civil parishes were included in the borough:
- AdlingtonAdlington, CheshireAdlington is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is known as Eduluintune in the Domesday Book. According to the 2001 census the civil parish had a population of 1,081 people across 401 households...
- AgdenAgden, MacclesfieldAgden is a civil parish in the Borough of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is near High Legh, and about south-west from Manchester City Centre. It is the site of Agden Hall. According to the 2001 census, the population of the civil parish was 142. Because the...
- Alderley EdgeAlderley EdgeAlderley Edge is a village and civil parish within the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 4,409....
- AshleyAshley, CheshireAshley is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 261. The village is at a crossroads close to the border of Cheshire with Greater Manchester, and is just to the south...
- Aston by BudworthAston by BudworthAston by Budworth is a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The main villages in the parish are Arley, which is the site of Arley Hall, and Bate Green. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 281.-External links:...
- BextonBextonBexton is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 9. The parish includes Bexton Hall and is to the south of Knutsford....
- BollingtonBollingtonBollington is a small rural town and civil parish in the county of Cheshire, , England, in the unitary authority of Cheshire East. It is located east of Prestbury. In the Middle Ages it was part of the Earl of Chester's manor of Macclesfield., and the ancient parish of Prestbury...
(town) - BosleyBosleyBosley is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 406. The village is on the A523 road about six miles south of Macclesfield...
- ChelfordChelfordChelford is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is near to the junction of the A537 and A535 roads, about six miles west of Macclesfield, and six miles south-east of Knutsford. It is served by a small railway...
- ChorleyChorley, MacclesfieldChorley is a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The parish itself contains no large settlement, but there is a small hamlet called Row-of-Trees in the north of the parish...
- DisleyDisleyDisley is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is located on the very edge of the Peak District, in the Goyt Valley, very close to the county boundary with Derbyshire at New Mills, and south of Stockport, Greater...
- EatonEaton, MacclesfieldEaton is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. According to the 2001 census, the population of the civil parish was 289. Congleton is the nearest large town.-External links:...
- GawsworthGawsworthGawsworth is a civil parish and village in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is one of the eight ancient parishes of Macclesfield Hundred. Twenty acres of the civil parish were transferred to Macclesfield civil parish in 1936The country houses...
- Great WarfordGreat WarfordGreat Warford is a small village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England....
- HenburyHenbury, CheshireHenbury is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. According to the 2001 census, the entire civil parish had a population of 594....
- High LeghHigh LeghHigh Legh is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It lies six miles north west of Knutsford, seven miles east of Warrington and seventeen miles south west of Manchester City Centre....
- Higher HurdsfieldHigher HurdsfieldHigher Hurdsfield is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It has a population of around 300, and is situated on the eastern outskirts of Macclesfield around 7 miles from the border of Derbyshire and Cheshire. The...
- KettleshulmeKettleshulmeKettleshulme is a small village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The village is close to the border with Derbyshire, on the B5470 road from Whaley Bridge to Macclesfield, in the valley of the Todd Brook, a tributary of the...
- KnutsfordKnutsfordKnutsford is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority area of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, in North West England...
(town) - Little BollingtonLittle BollingtonLittle Bollington is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The Bridgewater Canal runs through the western side of the parish from south-west to north, and Dunham Park lies to the north east of the parish, across the...
- Little WarfordLittle WarfordLittle Warford is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It has a population of 275. The parish contains the The David Lewis Centre, a charity set up by David Lewis, the founder of Lewis's...
- Lower WithingtonLower WithingtonLower Withington is a civil parish and village in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. At the 2001 census, it had a total population of 492...
- Lyme Handley
- Macclesfield Forest and WildboarcloughMacclesfield Forest and WildboarcloughMacclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough is a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It lies on the western fringe of the Peak District National park....
- MarthallMarthallMarthall is a village in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is around 3 miles from Knutsford....
- MartonMarton, CheshireMarton, Cheshire is a small village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England on the A34 road 3 miles north of Congleton ....
- MereMere, CheshireMere is a civil parish and linear village along the A556 road in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, North West England, about south-west of Altrincham. Bucklow Hill is at its northeast end, and the Mere crossroads is at the far end. The village of Mere is...
- MillingtonMillington, CheshireMillington is a civil parish in the Borough of Cheshire East in England. It has a population of 244.-External links:...
- MobberleyMobberleyMobberley is a semi-rural village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, situated between Wilmslow and Knutsford. Mobberley railway station lies on the Manchester to Northwich and Chester line and was opened on 12 May, 1862 by the Cheshire...
- Mottram St AndrewMottram St. AndrewMottram St Andrew is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. According to the 2001 census, the village has a population of 629 people. It is an affluent village set in the heart of the Cheshire countryside...
- Nether AlderleyNether AlderleyNether Alderley is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It lies on the A34 road about a mile and a half south of Alderley Edge....
- North RodeNorth RodeNorth Rode is a small village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. According to the 2001 census, the population of the entire civil parish was 178....
- OllertonOllerton, CheshireOllerton is a village in the Borough of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is situated approximately south east of the town of Knutsford, and has a population of 323....
- Over AlderleyOver AlderleyOver Alderley is a civil parish in the Borough of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It has a population of 335.St Catherine's Church, Over Alderley is a Grade II* listed building, and Birtles Hall is listed Grade II....
- Peover InferiorPeover InferiorPeover Inferior is a civil parish in the Borough of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It has a population of 102....
- Peover SuperiorPeover SuperiorPeover Superior is a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.It contains the village of Over Peover and Peover Hall. St Lawrence's Church, Over Peover is a Grade I listed building....
- PickmerePickmerePickmere is a village and civil parish near Northwich in the Borough of Cheshire East. It has a population of 541. Landmarks in and around the village include a lake, Pick Mere, at ....
- PlumleyPlumleyPlumley is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.In the village there are two public houses, The Golden Pheasant and The Smoker , a village hall, a Methodist church, tennis courts, riding stables, a post office and a golf...
- Pott ShrigleyPott ShrigleyPott Shrigley is a small village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. According to the 2001 census, the civil parish and village has a population of 220. The nearest town is Bollington to the southwest.The village has a Church...
- Poynton with WorthPoyntonPoynton is a town within the civil parish of Poynton-with-Worth, and the unitary authority area of Cheshire East, England. For ceremonial purposes it is part of the county of Cheshire. Poynton is located at the eastern most fringe of the Cheshire Plain, north of Macclesfield, south of Stockport...
- PrestburyPrestbury, CheshirePrestbury is a village, civil parish and ecclesiastical parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Prestbury is a long, narrow parish covering 1,165 hectares to the west of the Peak Park foothills and to the east of the sandstone ridge which is...
- RainowRainowRainow is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East, located, mostly, on the eastern side of the River Dean valley next to the B5470 road, between Macclesfield and Kettleshulme in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It straddles the eastern side of the Peak...
- RostherneRostherneRostherne is a civil parish and village in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England .To the north of the village is Rostherne Mere and to the south is Tatton Park...
- SiddingtonSiddington, CheshireSiddington is a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It consists of farms, a picnic site, Redesmere, a half-mile long lake, and the Capesthorne Estate. The village is located at the crossroads of the A34 with the B5392 approximately...
- SnelsonSnelson, CheshireSnelson is a civil parish in the Borough of Cheshire East and ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. It has a population of 157.-References:...
- SuttonSutton, MacclesfieldSutton Lane Ends or Sutton is a semi-rural village and civil parish that is situated roughly a mile south of Macclesfield; it includes the hamlets of Gurnett and Jarman. Sutton is in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England...
- Tabley InferiorTabley InferiorTabley Inferior is a civil parish in the Borough of Cheshire East and ceremonial county of Cheshire in England.. It has a population of 137.-References:...
- Tabley SuperiorTabley SuperiorTabley Superior is a civil parish in the Borough of Cheshire East and ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. It has a population of 316. The parish contains the village of Over Tabley.-References:...
- TattonTatton, CheshireTatton is a civil parish in the Borough of Cheshire East and ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. It has a population of 35.-See also:* Tatton Old Hall* Tatton Park* Tatton Park Gardens* Tatton Park Flower Show-References:...
- ToftToft, CheshireToft is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is located immediately to the south of Knutsford and is split by the A50 road to more southern Holmes Chapel...
- WincleWincleWincle is a small village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire. The parish contains the village of Danebridge, which is larger than the village of Wincle itself. It holds parish meetings rather than parish council meetings.-External links:...
Elections and political control
The political composition of the council at its abolition in 2009 was:| Party | Councillors | |
| Conservative | 38 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 12 | |
| Labour | 6 | |
| Handforth Ratepayer | 2 | |
| Independent | 2 |
Abolition
In 2006 the Department for Communities and Local GovernmentDepartment for Communities and Local Government
The Department for Communities and Local Government is the UK Government department for communities and local government in England. It was established in May 2006 and is the successor to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, established in 2001...
considered reorganising Cheshire's administrative structure as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England
2009 structural changes to local government in England
Structural changes to local government in England were effected on 1 April 2009, whereby a number of new unitary authorities were created in parts of the country which previously operated a 'two-tier' system of counties and districts...
. The decision to merge the boroughs of Macclesfield, Congleton
Congleton (borough)
Congleton was, from 1974 to 2009, a local government district with borough status in Cheshire, England. It included the towns of Congleton, Alsager, Holmes Chapel, Middlewich and Sandbach...
and Crewe and Nantwich
Crewe and Nantwich
Crewe and Nantwich was, from 1974 to 2009, a local government district with borough status in Cheshire, England. It had a population of 111,007...
to create a single unitary authority was announced on 25 July 2007, following a consultation period in which a proposal to create a single Cheshire unitary authority was rejected.
The Borough of Macclesfield was abolished on 1 April 2009, when the new Cheshire East
Cheshire East
Cheshire East is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.The borough was established in April 2009 as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England, by virtue of an order under the Local Government and Public Involvement in...
unitary authority was formed.