CHEDDLETON, a parish in the northern division
of the hundred of TOTMONSLOW, county of STAFFORD,
3 miles (S.byW.) from Leek, containing, with the townships
of Basford and Cunsall, 1525 inhabitants, lae
living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry ol
Stafford, and diocese of Lichfield and Coventry, endowed
with £300 private benefaction, and £200 royal bounty,
and in.the patronage of the Rev. Edward Powys. The
church is dedicated to St. Edward. There is a place of
worship for Wesleyan Methodists. The Caldon branch
of the Trent and Mersey canal, and the Uttoxeter canal,
pass through the parish; the latter terminates near
the village. Here are coal and lime wharfs, a silkthrowing
mill, and an ale and porter brewery. At a
field near Ferry hill is the shaft of a very ancient cross,
eleven feet high, standing on three circular stone steps.
In 1724, James Whitehall bequeathed £200 Jfor teaching
children, and £30 to build a school-room, to which
charity John Bagnall gave a rent-charge of £5, the
whole yielding £ 13 per annum, which is paid to the
master.