Scientific Rambles Round Macclesfield

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. In publishing this work, the Author has been actuated chiefly by the motive that it may be the means, more or less, of stimulating in others, especially the rising generation of this neighbourhood, a greater taste than has hitherto been manifested for the study of the Natural Sciences and other kindred subjects. With respect to the Geology of this district, merely an outline has been given from the Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, which is the only reliable authority upon the subject; and, in its production in 1866, the Author was somewhat instrumental, his services therein being duly acknowledged and appreciated by the authorities. To incipient students in this science, recourse must be had to the latest elementary works upon Geology, either before commencing or along with the study of the before-mentioned publication. The Archaeology of the country around Macclesfield, so far as it relates to Celtic, Romano-British, or Anglo-Saxon times is rather rich, and as the subject has been hitherto scarcely touched upon by former writers, the present exposition will no doubt be acceptable to antiquarians.