a town of Cheshire in England, 171 miles from London, is seated on the edge of a forest of the same name, upon a high bank near the river Bollin; and is a large handsome town, with a fine church and a very high steeple. It was erected into a borough by King Edward III. is governed by a mayor, and enjoys great privileges and jurisdictions by virtue of the court and the liberties of the forest. In its church are two bras plates, on one of which there is a promise of 26,000 years and 26 days pardon for saying five Pater-Nosters and five Ave. Its chief manufacture is mohair buttons. In Maccle-field foret are many pits dug for the sake of the turf; in which it is common to find fir trees buried, which are dug up for various uses, but chiefly for splinters that serve the poor for candles. The population in 1801 was nearly 9000. W. Long. 2. 10. N. Lat. 53. 13.