Millington is a civil parish in the Borough of Cheshire East in England. Its name is a "relic of Saxon clanship - the ton or town of the Millings" The parish is primarily agricultural, with a number of farms including Moss House Farm, Newhall Farm, Mereside Farm, Boothbank Farm and Stonedelph Farm. Millington has been recently described on Britain Streets as a "hamlet or isolated settlement in inhabited countryside". Millington is situated within the market town Macclesfield within the Unitary Authority of Cheshire East. The M56 motorway is close to the parish, which allows travel into areas of Warrington, which is thirteen miles and Manchester, which is fourteen miles away.