Gawsworth is a township and parish in Macclesfield Hundred. It includes the hamlets of Danes Moss, Dighills, Gawsmoor Hill, High Lane, Moss Houses, Shellow, Tidnock, Walkers Heath, Warren, Whitemoor and Woodhouse End. The population was 697 in 1801, 788 in 1851, 573 in 1901 and 1093 in 1951.