Etymology

Macclesfield

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Today it means: A market town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England. Full definition →

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The story

From the Old English name *Maccel, hence meaning field of Maccel. The Domesday Book records the name of Maclesfeld.

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