CHEADLE, a parish in the hundred of MACCLESFIELD,
county palatine of CHESTER, 3 miles (W. S. W.)
from Stockport, comprising the townships of Cheadle-
Bulkeley,  Cheadle-Moseley, and Handforth with Boxden,
and containing 6508 inhabitants. The living is
a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chester,
rated in the king's books at £ 13. 0. 7., and in the patronage
of Sir J. D. Broughton, Bart. The church, dedicated
to St. Mary, is principally in the later style of
English architecture, with side aisles and a tower, and
contains some monuments of the Brereton and Bulkeley
families. There are places of worship for Methodists and
Roman Catholics in this parish. The village, situated
near the Bollin, is remarkable for the beauty and
salubrity of its situation, and its very neat and cleanly
appearance. The chief employment of the inhabitants
is in the spinning, bleaching, and printing of cotton.
There are two manors in the parish, Cheadle-Bulkeley
and Cheadle-Huhne, or Moseley: for the former a
court is held in October; and for the latter, on the
first Thursday after June 24th. A school, built by subscription
among the inhabitants, was endowed by John
Robinson, in 1788, with land let for about £40 per
annum; and Mr. Stubbs also bequeathed land for
teaching children.