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There has been a public house on this site since 1496. The site was originally two pubs, The Swan and The Lion which merged in the 18th century and as of 2021, is still open.
From the Clifford Rathbone Collection. Rathbone (d.1975) was a journalist, local historian, and editor of the Macclesfield Times and Courier (later the Macclesfield Express) for many years.