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.