Griffiths, Sarah2013-12-202013-12-202008Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, 2008, 157, pp. 67-92.0140-332Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/10034/308864This is the author's PDF version of an article published in Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire© 2008. Reproduced with permission of the Society of Lancashire and Cheshire.This article discusses how Macclesfield silk manufacturers contributed towards the development of voluntary organisations as part of their public role, using Sunderland Street Wesleyan chapel and the ragged and industrial school as examples. It explores the general reasons behind their charitable involvement and the extent to which their contribution was critical to the success of Sunderland Street Wesleyan chapel and the ragged and industrial school.enMacclesfieldsilk manufactuerscharitable institutionschapelsArticleTransactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire