Situated on the lower,
western slopes of the Pennines, Macclesfield was first known
for buttons, then later as a silk town. Silk mills, chapels and
banks, all solid square buildings of blackened stone, are scattered
throughout the town.
- The Heritage Centre was once
a huge Sunday school and now houses the splendid silk museum
and shop. Nearby Paradise Mill is a working museum of the town's
former silk industry. Twenty six hand - powered Jacquard looms
survive and are used to demonstrate the skills of a dying craft.
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