Macclesfield Rural District was a rural district of Cheshire, England from 1894 to 1974. Macclesfield as a Municipal Borough and Bollington as an urban district formed an enclave which was surrounded by Macclesfield RD. The district was formed in 1894 based on Macclesfield rural sanitary district by the Local Government Act 1894. It was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972 in 1974 and became part of the new Macclesfield borough, which was itself abolished in 2009. Civil parishes within the former area Adlington Bosley Chelford Chorley Eaton Gawsworth Great Warford Henbury Higher Hurdsfield Kettleshulme Knutsford Lyme Handley Macclesfield Forest Marton Mottram St. Andrew Nether Alderley North Rode Over Alderley Pott Shrigley Poynton-with-Worth Prestbury Rainow Siddington Snelson Sutton Wildboarclough Wincle Withington Notes History of Cheshire Former districts of Cheshire Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894 Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 Rural districts of England