CHEETHAM, a chapelry in the parish of MANCHESTER,
hundred of SALFORD, county palatine of
LANCASTER, !§ mile (N. by W.) from Manchester, containing
2027 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy,
in the archdeaconry and diocese of Chester, and
in the patronage of the Rev. C. W. Ethelston, who
built the chapel, a plain brick edifice, in 1793. There is
a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists, with a
burial-ground and a school attached. A charity school
has been erected and is supported by subscription.