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2. Silk industry of Cheshire - Wikipedia

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   Demand increased while Britain was at war with France, but peace caused years of depression. Charles Roe left the silk industry in 1760, selling his share in his business for £10,000, and when the Seven Years' War finished in 1763, there was great hardship. Macclesfield did not weave silk at this time but supplied the thread to Spitalfields.

3. List of textile mills in Cheshire - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of the silk, cotton and other textile mills in Cheshire, England. The first mills were built in the 1760s, in Styal by Samuel Greg using the Arkwright system and were powered by the water of the River Bollin. There were significant early cotton mills; Cheshire was an important centre of the silk industry.

4. John Birchenough - Wikipedia

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   John Birchenough JP (1 November 1825 – 7 May 1895) was an English silk manufacturer and local politician in Macclesfield, Cheshire in the nineteenth century. [1] He was the head of the Macclesfield silk manufacturing firm Birchenough and Sons with mills at Park Lane, Prestbury Road and Henderson Street in Macclesfield.

5. Macclesfield Museums - Wikipedia

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   Macclesfield Museums is a collection of four museums focusing on Macclesfield and the Silk Industry. The museums are owned by Cheshire East, the local council, and are managed on their behalf by the Macclesfield Silk Heritage Trust. [1] [2] The museums are called The Silk Museum, Paradise Mill, West Park Museum, and The Old Sunday School.

6. Macclesfield - Wikipedia

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   Macclesfield Town Hall. Macclesfield (/ m æ k əl z f i əl d /) is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East, Cheshire, England.It is sited on the River Bollin and the edge of the Cheshire Plain, with Macclesfield Forest to its east; the town lies 16 miles (26 km) south of Manchester and 38 miles (61 km) east of Chester.

7. John Ryle (manufacturer) - Wikipedia

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   An English-born silk manufacturer, he was best known for being the "father of the United States silk industry". [citation needed] Born in Bollington, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, Ryle started working in the silk mills of his native town at the age of five, where he was a "bobbin boy". His family had been involved in the silk industry for ...