CAPESTHORNE, a chapelry in the parish of
PRESTBURY, hundred of MACCLESFIELD, county palatine
of CHESTER, 4 miles (W. by S.) from Macclesfield, containing
65 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy,
in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chester, endowed
with £400 private benefaction, and £600 royal bounty,
and in the patronage of D. Davenport, Esq. The chapel
is dedicated to the Holy Trinity.