Map sources for Cheadle, Greater Manchester at grid reference SJ859885

Cheadle is a small town near Stockport in Greater Manchester in England and falls within the Manchester urban area. Its neighbours include Cheadle Hulme and Bramhall. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 134 KB) Usage is: {{GBthumb|135|132|OV000000}} File links The following pages link to this file: Slough Rothwell, West Yorkshire Saltaire Shipley, West Yorkshire Slaithwaite Wallsend Inverurie Mersea Island Laugharne, Wales Tardebigge Hamble-le-Rice Sandgate, Kent Broadway, Worcestershire Brean Down User:RHaworth/sandbox... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... Main street in Bastrop, Texas, a small town A town is a residential community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. ... Stockports Town Hall Stockport is a town in Greater Manchester, in North West England. ... Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in England established in 1974 which covers an area roughly encompassing the conurbation surrounding the City of Manchester. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the British Isles Languages None official English de facto Capital None official London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001... Manchester is a city in the North West of England and is famous for being the worlds first industrial city and considered by many to be Englands second city, especially internationally. ... Cheadle Hulme (population 28,952 in the 2001 census) is a small town on the southern periphery of Stockport (a large town on the southern edge of the English city of Manchester). ... Bramhall is a large village in Stockport, England. ...

Cheadle is believed to date back approximately 1,500 to 2,000 years and appears in the Domesday Book under the name "Cedde" which means "Clearing in a wood". The village was at that point in history, surrounded mainly by woodland (consisting largely of Common Oak). This is the antithesis of modern Cheadle which is a suburb of Greater Manchester. Domesday Book (also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester), was the record of the great survey of England completed in 1086, executed for William the Conqueror, that was similar to a census by a government of today. ... Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in England established in 1974 which covers an area roughly encompassing the conurbation surrounding the City of Manchester. ...

The Domesday Book records there being only around 10 individuals or households in the area, and was valued at around 10 Shillings.

St. Mary's Church on the Cheadle High Street was bulit in 1523 under Henry VIII. Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England and Lord of Ireland (later King of Ireland) from 22 April 1509 until his death. ...

Cheadle grew rapidly during the Industrial Revolution when it was used as a stopping point for travellers and merchants on their way to Manchester. A Watt steam engine in Madrid. ... Manchester is a city in the North West of England and is famous for being the worlds first industrial city and considered by many to be Englands second city, especially internationally. ...

Moseley Hall Grammar School was located in Cheadle and was the first state grammar school founded under the Education Act 1944. The original site of the school was opposite the foot of School's Hill and bordered a small river, Micker Brook, (also known as Ladybrook, a tributary of the River Mersey) when flowing through nearby Bramhall. The school 3.3 mile cross-country run included a fording of the river near the Seven Arches viaduct landmark close to Cheadle Hulme. The school's Christmas service was always held in St. Mary's church in the village. In the early 1970s the school moved to a newly constructed set of buildings in Cheadle Hulme on a site adjacent to the Cheadle County Grammar School for Girls. Latterly, the school was renamed The Manor School after which it became surplus to requirements and was eventually demolished in the late 1990s. A grammar school is a type of school found in some English-speaking countries. ... The Education Act 1944 changed the education system for secondary schools in England and Wales. ... Ferry across the Mersey, June 2005 The River Mersey is a river in north-western England. ... Bramhall is a large village in Stockport, England. ... A mile is a unit of distance (or, in physics terminology, length) currently defined as 5,280 feet, 1,760 yards, or 63,360 inches. ... A cross country race in Seaside, Oregon. ... A ford, with pedestrian footbridge, on a minor road near Weimar and Kassel in Germany A ford is a place in a watercourse (most commonly a stream or river) that is shallow enough to be crossed by wading, on horseback, or in a wheeled vehicle. ... Torontos Bloor Street Viaduct bridges the Don valley; road traffic uses the upper deck, rail traffic uses the lower deck. ... Cheadle Hulme (population 28,952 in the 2001 census) is a small town on the southern periphery of Stockport (a large town on the southern edge of the English city of Manchester). ...

The site of the original school became a hotel and leisure complex.

See also

• Cheadle - The Cheadle constituency.

Cheadle is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

External links

• Cheadle website