| Administrative History | Macclesfield Poor-Law Union was formed on 26 September 1836, and included the following parishes and townships: Adlington, Alderley Edge (from 1894), Birtles, Bollington [nr. Macclesfied], Bosley, Butley, Capesthorne, Chelford, Chorley [nr. Wilmslow], Eaton [nr. Congleton], Fallibroome, Gawsworth, Great Warford, Henbury cum Pexall, Hurdsfield, Kerridge (1894-1900), Kettleshulme, Lower Withington, Lyme Handley, Macclesfield, Macclesfield Forest, Marton [nr. Congleton], Mottram St. Andrew, Nether Alderley, Newton [nr. Prestbury], North Rode, Old Withington, Over Alderley, Pott Shrigley, Poynton (until 1881), Poynton with Worth (from 1881), Prestbury, Rainow, Siddington, Snelson, Sutton [nr. Macclesfield], Taxal, Tytherington, Upton [nr. Macclesfield], Wildboarclough, Wincle, Woodford, Worth (until 1881), and Yeardsley cum Whaley.
The Union Workhouse was opened in 1845 at Prestbury Road, Macclesfield. After 1930 it was known as West Park Hospital, or the West Park Branch of Macclesfield District General Hpsital (see also NHM 1). It closed in 1994. |