Greater Manchester Gazetteer "C"

CADISHEAD: Locality in Irlam Urban District.
CALDERBROOK: Locality in Blatchinworth and Calderbrook township.
CAPTAIN FOLD: Locality in Hopwood township.
CARRBROOK: Locality in Stayley township.
CARRINGTON: This township or civil parish was in Cheshire. It was in Bowdon ecclesiastical parish and in Bucklow poor law Union (which was called Altrincham Union until 1895). In 1920 there were exchanges of areas with Flixton civil parish and Irlam Urban District. Also in 1920 part of the civil parish was added to Altrincham Urban District. In 1974 the civil parish became part of Trafford Metropolitan Borough.
CARR MILL: This area in Billinge Chapel End township included a detached part of Winstanley township.
CASTLETON: This township or civil parish was in Lancashire. It was in Rochdale ecclesiastical parish and in Rochdale poor law Union. In 1825 part of it was included in the area of the improvement commissioners for the town of Rochdale. In 1867 part of it was included in the area of Heywood Local Board of Health and in 1881 became part of Heywood Borough. In 1870 Buersill Local Board of Health was established for part of the township; in 1872 part of the area of this Local Board was included in Rochdale Borough and in 1873 the Local Board ceased to exist. In 1875 Castleton by Rochdale Local Board of Health was established for part of the township; in 1879 parts of Hopwood and Thornham townships were included in the area of this Local Board. In 1879 another part of Castleton township was included in the area of Milnrow Local Board of Health and in 1894 became part of Milnrow Urban District. In 1894 the area of Castleton by Rochdale Local Board of Health became Castleton by Rochdale Urban District which in 1896 was renamed Castleton Urban District. In 1900 this Urban District was dissolved and its area divided between Rochdale and Heywood Boroughs.
CATLEY LANE: Locality in Spotland township
CHADDERTON: This township or civil parish was in Lancashire. It was in Prestwich with Oldham ecclesiastical parish and in Oldham poor law union. In 1713 it was agreed that 20 acres of the Hollinwood area were to be in this township and the rest in Oldham township. In 1880 part of Oldham Borough (in the Hollinwood area) was added to the township and part (incl. "Chadderton detached" near Hollins) of the township were added to Oldham Borough. In 1894 the area of the Local Board became an Urban District. In 1933 there were exchanges of areas with the City of Manchester and Middleton Borough. In 1974 the Urban District became part of Oldham Metropolitan Borough.
CHADWICK: Locality in Spotland township
CHAPELFIELD: Locality in Pilkington township, subsequently in Radcliffe Borough
CHAPELTOWN: Locality in Turton township
CHARLESTOWN: An area in Pendleton township
CHAT MOSS: A peat bog, some 10 square miles in area, extending into areas subsequently part of Salford Metropolitan District or Wigan Metropolitan Borough. Reclaimed for cultivation during the last century
CHEADLE: This township or civil parish as in Cheshire. It was formed in 1879 by the merging of Cheadle Buckeley and Cheadle Moseley (an area now know as Cheadle Hulme) townships or civil parishes. Both townships were in Cheadle ecclesiastical parish and in Stockport poor law union. In 1835 parts of Cheadle Bulkeley and Cheadle Moseley townships had been included in Stockport Borough. In 1886 the area of Cheadle township outside Stockport Borough was included in the area of Cheadle and Gatley Local Board of Health.
CHEADLE AND GATLEY: In 1886 Cheadle and Gatley Local Board of Health was established for the area of Stockport Etchells township and the part of Cheadle township outside Stockport Borough. In 1894 the area of the Local Board became Cheadle and Gatley Urban District, Cheshire. It was in Stockport poor law union. In 1901 part of the Urban District was added to Wilmslow Urban Borough and part of Handforth Urban District was added to Cheadle and Gatley Urban District. In 1974 the Urban District became part of Stockport Metropolitan Borough.
CHEADLE BUCKELEY: See Cheadle
CHEADLE HULME: See Cheadle
CHEADLE MOSELEY See Cheadle. The area of Cheadle Moseley is now known as Cheadle Hulme
CHEESDEN: See Woolstenholme and Cheesden
CHEETHAM: This township or civil parish was in Lancashire. It was in Manchester ecclesiastical parish. It was in Manchester Poor Law Union, 1841-50, in Prestwich poor law Union 1850-1915, and in Manchester poor law Union 1915-30. In 1838 it became part of the Borough of Manchester. There was a Cheetham Committee of the Borough or City Council until 1875
CHEQUERBENT: Locality in Westhoughton township
CHESHAM: Locality in Bury Township
CHESHIRE: The Earls of Chester established after the Norman Conquest had exceptional powers in Cheshire. King Henry III took the earldom into his own hands in 1237 and since then it has been held by the sovereign or the Prince of Wales. However, the exceptional powers in the county were continued and Cheshire was called a "county palatine" in an official record of 1297. Its administration did not follow the usual arrangement of English counties until 1536 and the last palatine courts were not abolished until 1830. Among other changes its boundaries, those of 1974 included the transfer of areas to Greater Manchester and Derbyshire and the addition (from Lancashire) of the Warrington area.
CHEW MOOR: Locality in Lostock and Rumworth township
CHORLTON CUM HARDY: This township or civil parish was in Lancashire. It was in Manchester ecclesiastical parish. It was in Chorlton poor law Union, 1837-1915 and in Manchester poor law Union 1915-30. In 1876 it was included in the area of Withington Local Board of Health. Under the Divided Parishes Act of 1882 part of Withington township was added to Chorlton cum Hardy township. In 1894 it became part of Withington Urban District. In 1904 it became part of the City of Manchester.

CHORLTON UPON MEDLOCK: This township or civil parish (before 1832 named Chorlton Roe) was in Lancashire. It was in Manchester ecclesiastical parish. It was in Chorlton poor law Union, 1837-1915, and in Manchester poor law Union 1915-1930. In 1838 it became part of the Borough of Manchester. From 1822 to 1842 commissioners, usually known as "police commissioners", had powers for the improvement of the area of the township and from 1842 to 1875 there was a Chorlton upon Medlock Committee of Manchester Borough or City Council. Under the Divided Parishes Act of 1882 part of the township was added to Ardwick township.

CLAYTON: This are formed the western part of Droylsden township or civil parish, Lancashire. In 1863 Droylsden Local Board of Health was formed for the whole area of the township but in 1890 the Clayton area became part of the City of Manchester; it was also in Prestwich poor law Union, 1894-1915, and in Manchester poor law Union, 1915-1930. (The remaining eastern part of Droylsden township became, in 1894, Droylsden Urban District; in 1974 Droylsden Urban District became part of Tameside Metropolitan Borough).
CLEGG: Locality in Butterworth township
CLIFTON: This township or civil parish was in Lancashire. It was in Eccles ecclesiastical parish and in Barton Upon Irwell poor law Union. In 1933 it was dissolved and its areas divided between Kearsley Urban District and Swinton and Pendlebury Urban District.
COBHOUSE FARM: An area in Warmersley with Shuttleworth township transferred to Birtle with Bamford township under the Divided Parishes Act 1882
COCKEY MOOR: Locality in Ainsworth township
COLLYHURST: Locality in Manchester township
COMPSTALL: Werneth was a township or civil parish in Cheshire. It was in Stockport ecclesiastical parish and in Stockport poor law Union. In 1877 part of Werneth township was included in the area of Hyde Local Board of Health and in 1881 became part of Hyde Borough. In 1897 the remaining area of the civil parish was renamed Compstall civil parish. In 1902 it became an Urban District. In 1936 the Urban District was dissolved and its area divided between Hyde Borough and Bredbury and Romiley Urban District. For Werneth see WERNETH.
COPLEY: Locality in Stayley township
COX GREEN: Locality in Turton township
CRIMBLE: Locality in Birtle with Bamford township
CROMPTON: This township or civil parish was in Lancashire. it was in Prestwich with Oldham ecclesiastical parish and in Oldham poor law Union. In 1873 Crompton Local Board of Health was formed for the township. In 1894 the area Board became an Urban District. In 1974 it became part of Oldham Metropolitan Borough.
CROOKE: Locality in Shevington township
CROSSBANK: In 1859 a Local Board of Health (at first known as Lees with Crossbank, later as Lees) was formed for the Lees area in Ashton under Lyne township. It was in Ashton under Lyne poor law Union. In 1911 part of Lees Urban District was added to it. In 1914 it became part of Lees Urban District.
CRUMPSALL: This township or civil parish was in Lancashire. It was in Manchester poor law Union, 1841-50, in Prestwich poor law Union 1850-1915, and in Manchester poor law Union 1915-30. In 1854 Crumpsall Local Board of Health was established for the area of the township. In 1890 the township became part of the City of Manchester.
CULCHETH: This township or civil parish was in Lancashire. It was in Winwick ecclesiastical parish and in Leigh poor law Union. It should not be confused with the Culcheth area in Newton township, Manchester. It had four ancient, ill-defined quarters, called Culcheth (in the north), Holcroft (in the east), Peasfurlong (in the west) and Risley (in the south). In 1933 the civil parish was dissolved and its area divided between Golborne Urban District (Culcheth), Croft civil parish (Holcroft, Peasfurlong and part of Risley areas) and Woolston civil parish (remaining part of Risley area). In 1974, Croft, Woolston and the Culcheth and Newchurch wards of Golbourne Urban District, i.e. including the whole of the area of the former civil parish of Culcheth, became part of Warrington District, Cheshire.
CULCHETH: Locality in Newton township, Manchester, not to be confused with Culcheth township near Golborne
CUTGATE: Locality in Spotland township