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St Stephen's Church (3), Macclesfield Forest
“MACCLESFIELD FOREST (is) a township and chapelry in the parish of Prestbury, and hundred of Macclesfield, county palatine of Chester, 4 miles E. of Macclesfield, its post town. This is the chief of several townships which formed part of the ancient royal forest of Macclesfield. The village is a small straggling place. The living is a curacy* in the diocese of Chester, value £120. The church is a small edifice, rebuilt about 1824 on the site of the old one. There are small charities of about £2 10s. per annum, also a parochial school. The Earl of Derby is lord of the manor and seneschal of the forest.” [Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of
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