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CHEETHAM, a village, a township, a sub-district, and two chapelries in Manchester parish, Lancashire. The village bears the name of Cheetham Hill; stands within Manchester borough, 2½ miles NNW of the centre of Manchester; and has a post office‡ under Manchester. The township includes the village; is all suburban to Manchester; contains numerous villas of Manchester merchants and manufacturers; and was long the residence of the ancient family of Chetham. Acres, 919. Real property, £77, 917. Pop., 17, 446. Houses, 3, 168. -The sub-district contains also the township of Crumpsall. Acres, 1, 652. Pop., 21, 731. Houses, 3, 882. The chapelries are St. Luke-Cheetham and St. Mark-Cheetham; and were constituted in 1840 and 1846. Pop., 4, 719 and 2, 377. Houses, 843 and 478. The livings are rectories in the diocese of Manchester. Value of St. Luke, £790; of St. Mark, £351. Patrons of St. Luke, Trustees; of St. Mark, the Dean and Chapter of Manchester. The churches of both are good. There are two chapels for Independents and two for Wesleyans; and one of the latter, in Waterloo-road, is an edifice in the early English style, built in 1862.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a township, a sub-district, and two chapelries" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Lancashire AncC |
| Place: | Cheetham Hill |
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