Macclesfield Hundred

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Macclesfield Hundred in Cheshire

The Macclesfield Hundred is one of the hundreds of Cheshire, located in the north-east of the county. It is named after the town of Macclesfield, which it contains. It is bounded to the north by Yorkshire; to the north-west by Lancashire; to the east by Derbyshire; to the south-west by Northwich Hundred; and to the west by Bucklow Hundred. It is the most populous of the hundreds, with a population of 498,914 in 2011.

It comprises the following ancient parishes:

*: Parish mostly in Northwich Hundred.
: Parish mostly in Bucklow Hundred.

Hundreds of Cheshire

Broxton (including Chester) • Bucklow • Eddisbury • Macclesfield • Nantwich • Northwich • Wirral