ADLINGTON, a township in the parish of PRESTBURY,
hundred of MACCLESFIELD, county palatine of
CHESTER, 5 miles (N. by W.) from Macclesfield, containing
1057 inhabitants. There are some valuable
mines of coal and quarries of flag-stone. Adlington
Hall, a very ancient structure, which has long been the
residence of the family of Legh, was garrisoned for
Charles I. in the civil war, and taken by the parliamentarian
forces, on the 14th of February, 1645, after a
fortnight's siege: in the south-east angle is a small
domestic chapel, handsomely fitted up, licensed by
the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry in the 25th of
Henry VI. A .manorial court is held twice a year, in
May and December, at which debts under 40s. are recoverable.