Why Is Macclesfield A Silk Town?
Macclesfield was famous for silk buttons manufacture. The supply of silk from Italy was precarious and some hand throwing was done, giving way after 1732 to water-driven mills, which were established in Stockport and Macclesfield. Why is Macclesfield called silk town? Macclesfield was weaving broadsheet silk fabric by the mid 18th century. Weavers from Spitalfields …