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Cheshire Towns & Parishes

CHEADLE

• Cheadle was a civil parish (SJ 8688) created in 1879 by uniting Cheadle Bulkeley with Cheadle Moseley.
• The civil parish was abolished in 1930 to become part of Cheadle & Gatley.
• It included the hamlets of Brinksway, Bruntwood, Cheadle Heath, Cheadle Hulme, Edgeley and Outwood.
• The population was 9014 in 1901.

For the period before 1879, see Cheadle Bulkeley and Cheadle Moseley.
For the period after 1930, see Cheadle & Gatley.

Boundary Changes

• 1879 September 22 — Created from the whole of Cheadle Bulkeley and Cheadle Moseley
• 1883 March 25 — Gained a detached part of Bramhall (16 acres, pop. 0 in 1891)
• 1894 — Lost the part in Stockport County Borough to Stockport (pop. 15099 in 1901)
• 1901 November 9 — Lost part to Stockport (pop. 7959 in 1911)
• 1930 March 31 — Abolished and incorporated into Cheadle & Gatleyy (3515 acres, pop. 8949 in 1921)

Churches and Chapels

• Cheadle: St. Mary (Church of England). The ancient parish church for the townships of Cheadle Bulkeley and Cheadle Moseley.
• Stockport: St. Matthew (Church of England). A district church for parts of Cheadle Bulkeley and Cheadle Moseley from 1852.
• Cheadle Hulme: All Saints (Church of England). A district church for parts of Cheadle Bulkeley and Cheadle Moseley from 1868.
• Handforth: St. Chad (Church of England). A district church for parts of Cheadle Bulkeley and Cheadle Moseley from 1877.
• Cheadle Heath: St. Cuthbert (Church of England). Built in 1887 as a chapel to Cheadle: St. Mary.
• Stockport: St. Augustine, Brinksway (Church of England). A district church for part of Cheadle from 1893.
• Cheadle Hulme: St. Andrew (Church of England). A district church for part of Cheadle Hulme from 1958.
• Heald Green: St. Catherine (Church of England). A district church for parts of Cheadle and Gatley from 1958.
• Cheadle: All Hallows (Church of England). A chapel to Cheadle: St. Mary, founded by 1963.
• Edgeley: St. Philip & St. James (Roman Catholic). Founded in 1801.
• Cheadle: St. Chad (Roman Catholic). Founded in 1900.
• Cheadle Hulme: St. Ann (Roman Catholic). Founded in 1952.
• Cheadle Heath: Sacred Heart (Roman Catholic). Founded in 1963.
• Cheadle Hulme, Baptist Chapel. Founded in 1840 at the corner of Grove Lane and Pingate Lane South.
• Edgeley, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan). Founded in 1817. Registers 1818-1837 are at the Cheshire Record Office.
• Cheadle Hulme, Zion Methodist Chapel (Free), Stretford Road. Rebuilt in 1861. Registers 1824-1843 are at the Cheshire Record Office.
• Cheadle, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan). Built in 1865.
• Cheadle Heath, Methodist Chapel (Primitive). Built in 1855.
• Cheadle Heath, Methodist Chapel (New Connexion). Built in 1883.
• Cheadle Hulme, Methodist Chapel (Wesleyan), Station Road. Built in 1883.
• Cheadle Hulme, United Reformed Church (Independent/Congregational), Swan Lane. Built in 1869.
• Cheadle, United Reformed Church (Independent/Congregational), Massie Street.

Cemeteries

• Cheadle Cemetery, Stockport Road. Opened 1903.

Local Government Districts

• Stockport Municipal Borough (partly, 1879-89) * *
• Stockport Rural Sanitary District (partly, 1879-86)
• Stockport Urban Sanitary District (partly, 1879-94) *
• Cheadle & Gatley Urban Sanitary District (partly, 1886-94)
• Stockport County Borough (partly, 1889-94) *
• Cheadle & Gatley Urban District (1894-1930)

* The part in Stockport Municipal Borough (1879-89), Stockport Urban Sanitary District (1879-89) and Stockport County Borough (1889-94) was added to the civil parish of Stockport in 1894.

Electoral Districts

• East Cheshire (1879-85)
• Altrincham (1885-1930)

Petty Sessional Divisions

• Stockport (Borough) (partly, 1879-94)
• Stockport (County) (partly, 1879-94 ; wholly, 1894-1930)

* The part in Stockport (Borough) (1879-94) was added to the civil parish of Stockport in 1894.

Poor Law Unions

• Stockport (1879-1930)

Registration Districts

• Stockport (1879-1930)

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