TAXALL, a parish in the hundred of MACCLESFIELD,
county palatine of CHESTER, comprising the townships
of Taxall, and Whaley with Yeardsley, and containing
662 inhabitants, of which number, 241 are in the township
of Taxall, 8 miles (N. E. by E.) from Macclesfield.
The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Chester, rated in the king's books at
£9. 2. 6., and in the patronage of the Rev. J. Swain.
The church, dedicated to St. James, has lately received
an addition of two hundred and twenty-four sittings, of
"which two hundred and two are free, the Incorporated
Society for the enlargement of churches and chapels
having granted £200 towards defraying the expense.
The village occupies a pleasing situation on the banks
of the river Goyt, which separates it from Derbyshire.