Macclesfield in the Industrial Revolution

1. The first name of the person built the first silk mill in Macclesfield in 1743? (7)
4. Food prices were ______ so more families were struggling to survive? (6)
5. The river which was very useful for providing water power for the silk mills? (6)
6. When people vote in private so no-one else can see. This avoids intimidation? (6, 6)
7. A disease that broke out causing painful cramps, dehydration, skin discolouration and death? (7)
8. The name for the Macclesfield riot in 1812? (6)

2. People __________ their houses to get rid of the miasma (poisoned air) during the cholera outbreaks in Macclesfield (1831-48)? (10)
3. A constituency that had very few people living there but still had 1 or 2 MPs. People often sold their votes. The answer is the type of borough? (6)
9. After 1850 new versions of these were built to supply clean water? (10)
10. The town had been making silk covered _______ since the Middle Ages using holly wood? (7)

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