Qualla: Macclesfield https://qualla.com/macclesfield en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:15 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Macclesfield https://qualla.com/macclesfield Macclesfield: Introduction https://qualla.com/macclesfield/ A horse-drawn wagon overturned on a Macclesfield street, sometime in the eighteenth or nineteenth century, and spilled a load of treacle onto the cobbles. The poor of the town came out and scooped the sticky black syrup off the ground with whatever they had to hand. The nickname stuck. The official one is Silk Town, after the trade that made Macclesfield rich for nearly two centuries, but locals still call it Treacle Town, and once a month, on the last Sunday, the cobbled market square fills with stalls for the Treacle Market, selling everything the original spill did not.

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]]> Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/q/q/macclesfield-wp/gcqq-macclesfield-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Macclesfield: Hilltop Beginnings https://qualla.com/macclesfield/ Before the Norman Conquest, Macclesfield was held by Edwin, Earl of Mercia, and assessed at eight pounds. The Normans arrived in 1070 and devastated the area so thoroughly that the Domesday Book recorded the manor's value as having collapsed to twenty shillings. The medieval town...

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]]> Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/q/q/macclesfield-wp/gcqq-macclesfield-hilltop-beginnings.mp3 0:06 2 full Macclesfield: Silk, Steam and Mills https://qualla.com/macclesfield/ Macclesfield had a button industry from the seventeenth century, and by the middle of the eighteenth it was becoming the world's biggest producer of finished silk. The first water-powered mills were succeeded by steam, and the population grew from around 2,600 in 1664 to 8,743 in...

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]]> Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/q/q/macclesfield-wp/gcqq-macclesfield-silk-steam-and-mills.mp3 0:06 3 full Macclesfield: Pugin, the 108 Steps and the Treacle Market https://qualla.com/macclesfield/ Macclesfield's landmarks reward a walk. The Georgian Town Hall on Market Place was designed by Francis Goodwin and completed in 1823 on the site of the old guildhall. St Alban's Roman Catholic Church on Chester Road, Grade II* listed, was designed by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugi...

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]]> Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/q/q/macclesfield-wp/gcqq-macclesfield-joy-division-and-the-macc-lads.mp3 0:06 5 full Macclesfield: The Cultural Charge https://qualla.com/macclesfield/ In 2004 a study in The Times named Macclesfield and its borough the most uncultured town in Britain, citing a thin offering of theatres and cinemas. The town has spent the years since arguing with that verdict. The Northern Chamber Orchestra, the oldest professional chamber ensem...

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