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Cheadle, Staffordshire, England
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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A market town in the Leek parliamentary division of Staffordshire, England, 13 m. N.E. of Stafford, and the terminus of a branch line from Cresswell on the North Staffordshire railway. Pop. (1901) 5186. The Roman Catholic church of St Giles, with a lofty spire, was designed by Pugin and erected in 1846. The interior is lavishly decorated. There are considerable collieries in the neighbourhood, and silk and tape works in the town. In the neighbouring Froghall district limestone is quarried, and there are manufactures of copper. In Cheadle two fairs of ancient origin are held annually.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Cheadle, Staffordshire, England'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​c/cheadle-staffordshire-england.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Cheadle, Staffordshire, England'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​c/cheadle-staffordshire-england.html. 1910.