Cheetham, Manchester

Cheetham Hill
  • Cheetham
Cheetham Hill Road
Cheetham Hill is located in Greater Manchester
Cheetham Hill
Cheetham Hill
Location within Greater Manchester
Population22,562 (2011 Census)
OS grid referenceSD846009
• London164 mi (264 km) SE
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMANCHESTER
Postcode districtM8
Dialling code0161
PoliceGreater Manchester
FireGreater Manchester
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
Councillors
  • Shazia Butt (Labour)
  • Shaukat Ali (Labour)
  • Naeem Hassam (Labour)
List of places
UK
England
Greater Manchester
53°30′14″N 2°13′52″W / 53.504°N 2.231°W / 53.504; -2.231

Cheetham is an inner-city area and electoral ward of Manchester, in Greater Manchester, England, which in 2011 had a population of 22,562.[1] It lies on the west bank of the River Irk, 1.4 miles (2.3 km) north of Manchester city centre, close to the boundary with Salford, bounded by Broughton to the north, Harpurhey to the east, and Piccadilly and Deansgate to the south.

Historically part of Lancashire, Cheetham was a township in the parish of Manchester and hundred of Salford. It was amalgamated into the Borough of Manchester in 1838, and in 1896 became part of the North Manchester.[2][3]

Cheetham is home to a multi-ethnic community, a result of several waves of immigration to Britain.[4] In the mid-19th century, it attracted Irish people fleeing the Great Famine. It is now home to the Irish World Heritage Centre.[5] Jews settled in the late-19th and early-20th centuries, fleeing persecution in continental Europe. Migrants from Pakistan and the Caribbean settled in the 1950s and 1960s, and more recently people from Africa, Eastern Europe and the Far East.[4]

Heavily urbanised following the Industrial Revolution, Cheetham is bisected by Cheetham Hill Road, which is lined with churches, mosques, synagogues and temples, as well as terraced houses dating from its history as a textile processing district. Markets along the road trade in wares and foodstuffs from all over the world.[4] The Museum of Transport in Manchester in Boyle Street, Cheetham Hill, is part of Queen's Road bus depot.

  1. ^ "City of Manchester Ward population 2011". Retrieved 4 January 2015.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Greater Manchester Gazetteer". Greater Manchester County Record Office. Places names - C. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2008.
  3. ^ Great Britain Historical GIS Project (2004). "North Manchester CP through time. Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit". A vision of Britain through time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 2 November 2008.
  4. ^ a b c "North Wards; Cheetham Hill" (PDF). northwards.net. December 2004. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2009.
  5. ^ "Irish World Heritage Centre". Irish World Heritage Centre.