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Millington is a civil parish in the Borough of Cheshire East in England. Its name is a "relic of Saxon clanship - the ton or town of the Millings" The parish is primarily agricultural, with a number of farms including Moss House Farm, Newhall Farm, Mereside Farm, Boothbank Farm and Stonedelph Farm. Millington has been recently described on Britain Streets as a "hamlet or isolated settlement in inhabited countryside".〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.britishstreets.info/cheshire )〕 Millington is situated within the market town Macclesfield within the Unitary Authority of Cheshire East. The M56 motorway is close to the parish, which allows travel into areas of Warrington, which is thirteen miles and Manchester, which is fourteen miles away. ==History== Millington was a township in Rostherne ancient parish, Bucklow hundred (SJ 7284). Within the Parish includes the hamlets of Arthill, Boothbank and Bucklow Hill. It became a civil parish in 1866.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/chs/millington.html )〕 The ancient parish church for Millington is Rostherne: St. Mary (Church of England. It originally aided for the following townships of High Legh, Marthall cum Warford, Mere, Over Peover, Over Tabley, Rostherne, Snelson, and Tatton, and parts of the townships of Agden and Bollington as well.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/chs/churches/rostherne.html )〕 It was described in 1892: "The village of Millington is small, and located three miles north-east from Pocklington, which is the nearest railway station".〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.pocklingtonhistory.com/district/millington/index.php )〕 The Parish Council is the local government for the residents of Millington. Millington (Macclesfield) similar to other parishes formed around a village or other small settlement, and was to be centred on the Parish Church. However, in the late 1800s the church and state separated, this area is represented by the Millington Parish Council.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.british-towns.net/england/midland/cheshire-east/millington )〕 Millington is mentioned in the Domesday Book. It is clear that Millington paid little tax compared to other settlements with the total tax assessed classified as small (0.5 geld units).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SJ7284/millington/ )〕 In the 1870s, Millington was described as 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Millington, Cheshire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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