These are thought to own been the Roman settlement, and within 1272 it received its charter to hold fairs & markets. King Edward I granted permission to build a mill. Congleton became an crucial centre of textile production, especially lace & leather gloves. A neighboring town of Buglawton was incorporated into Congleton borough in 1936. Since 1974 Congleton borough has covered much of south-sou'-east Cheshire.

Congleton became infamous in the 16th century when bear-baiting was a popular sport. Congleton owned an old & like weak bear & was unable to attract big crowds to their bear-baiting contests, however as well lacked the money to invite a recently & additional aggressive bear. It did even so have the total of money saved up to acquire a recently bible. a town decided to have a money in a bible fund to invite a newly bear, then replenished it by owning the income from either the increased total of spectators. Yet, after the story was reported to neighboring towns, it got corrupted & a legend grew that Congleton had sold its bible sequentially to find a recently bear.

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From either a instance of this legend, Congleton has been nicknamed 'Beartown'.

A chief industries inside Congleton include a manufacture of airbags and golf-balls. There are weak engineering manufacturing plant touching a town, & sand extraction occurs on the Cheshire plain.