Editing Congleton (section)

==Geography==
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[[File:Congleton Brookside Mill 2569.JPG|thumb|Brook Mill, a textile mill that has been converted to residential units, on a brook leading to the [[River Dane]] in the centre of Congleton. Behind are trees on the steep northern bank]]
Mossley is sometimes classed as the wealthier part of town. Hightown is located in Mossley. [[West Heath, Cheshire|West Heath]] is an estate built in the early 1960s to the early 1980s. Lower Heath lies to the north of the town. There is also the town centre.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.congleton-tc.gov.uk/town-hall/history/|title=History – Congleton Town Council|website=congleton-tc.gov.uk|access-date=2020-02-20}}</ref>

Congleton is in the valley of the [[River Dane]]. South of the town lies an expanse of green space known locally as Priesty Fields which forms a green corridor right into the heart of the town – a rare feature in English towns. Folklore says that Priesty Fields gained its name as there was no priest performing services within the town. The nearest priest was based at the nearby village of [[Newbold Astbury|Astbury]]. It is told that the priest would walk along an ancient medieval pathway which ran between the fields at the Parish Church in Astbury and [[St Peter's Church, Congleton|St Peter's Church]] in Congleton.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mythsandlegendsofcheshire.blogspot.com/2011/04/priesty-fields-congleton.html|title=Myths and Legends of Cheshire: PRIESTY FIELDS, CONGLETON|last=Stubbs|first=Gill|date=2011-04-26|website=Myths and Legends of Cheshire|access-date=2020-02-20}}</ref>