Civil Parishes
The borough contained 52 civil parishes and 2 discrete unparished areas (namely, the towns of Macclesfield and Wilmslow). Of the 52 civil parishes, five (Agden, Little Bollington, Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough, Tatton, and Wincle) held parish meetings rather than elect a parish council. Of the remaining 47 civil parishes, two contained towns (Bollington and Knutsford) and so had town councils rather than parish councils administering them. A number of adjacent or abutting civil parishes were grouped together under a single parish council: Ollerton with Marthall, Plumley with Toft and Bexton, and Tabley (for the parishes of Tabley Inferior and Tabley Superior) The remaining 37 civil parishes had their own parish council.
The following civil parishes were included in the borough:
- Adlington
- Agden
- Alderley Edge
- Ashley
- Aston by Budworth
- Bexton
- Bollington (town)
- Bosley
- Chelford
- Chorley
- Disley
- Eaton
- Gawsworth
- Great Warford
- Henbury
- High Legh
- Higher Hurdsfield
- Kettleshulme
- Knutsford (town)
- Little Bollington
- Little Warford
- Lower Withington
- Lyme Handley
- Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough
- Marthall
- Marton
- Mere
- Millington
- Mobberley
- Mottram St Andrew
- Nether Alderley
- North Rode
- Ollerton
- Over Alderley
- Peover Inferior
- Peover Superior
- Pickmere
- Plumley
- Pott Shrigley
- Poynton with Worth
- Prestbury
- Rainow
- Rostherne
- Siddington
- Snelson
- Sutton
- Tabley Inferior
- Tabley Superior
- Tatton
- Toft
- Wincle
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