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Chester, Cheshire CH1 1RL UK

Telephone: 1244 972574
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Paradise Mill
Park Lane
Macclesfield, Cheshire SK11 6TJ UK
Telephone: 01625 612045
Email: info@silkmacclesfield.org.uk
Website: Paradise Mill

Paradise Mill takes you back in time to Macclesfield of the early 20th century, with the only working Jacquard silk hand looms in the country in their original location, offering the experience of what it would have been like to be a Macclesfield mill worker.

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The Old Sunday School
Roe Street
Macclesfield, Cheshire SK11 6UT UK
Telephone: 01625 613210
Email: info@silkmacclesfield.org.uk
Website: The Old Sunday School

In the 18th and 19th century many of the children in Macclesfield would have been working in the silk mills from the age of 6 years, and Sunday School would have been their only chance for education. It provided the main opportunity for children to learn reading and writing, as well as scripture. The Large Sunday School was established by John Whitaker, a local Alderman and Magistrate. His aim was to teach religious knowledge and learning to the ‘lower classes of society’; ‘to lessen the sum of human wretchedness’.

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Weaver Hall Museum and Workhouse
162 London Road
Northwich, Cheshire CW9 8AB UK
Telephone: 1606 271640
Email: weaverhalladmin@cheshirewest.gov.uk
Website: Weaver Hall Museum and Workhouse

This museum records the social, cultural and industrial history of west Cheshire. It was formerly known as the Salt Museum, reflecting its early focus on the history of salt extraction, a local industry dating back to Roman times. The museum was renamed Weaver Hall Museum and Workhouse in 2010 as its remit now extends to cover the broader history of the area and also the history of the building itself as a former workhouse. It is part of the West Cheshire Museums.

For a long list of Cheshire museums, go to List of museums in Cheshire in Wikipedia.