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Cheetham
Cheetham may refer to: People * Cheetham (surname) Places * Cheetham and Altona Important Bird Area, Melbourne, Australia * Cheetham Close, a megalith and scheduled ancient monument located in Lancashire, very close to the boundary with Greater Manchester * Cheetham Hill, a suburban area of the city of Manchester, England * Cheetham Ice Tongue, a small ice tongue on the east coast of Victoria Land region of Antarctica * Cape Cheetham, an ice-covered cape forming the northeast extremity of Stuhlinger Ice Piedmont in the Victoria Land region of Antarctica * Manchester Cheetham (UK Parliament constituency) Manchester Cheetham was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Manchester. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system. The constitue ..., a parliamentary constituency in the city of Manchester See also * Cheatham (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheetham Hill
Cheetham is an inner-city area and electoral ward of Manchester, England, which in 2011 had a population of 22,562. It lies on the west bank of the River Irk, 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. The township was amalgamated into the Borough of Manchester in 1838, and in 1896 became part of the North Manchester township. Cheetham is home to a multi-ethnic community, a result of several waves of immigration to Britain. In the mid-19th century, it attracted Irish people fleeing the Great Famine. It is now home to the Irish World Heritage Centre. Jews settled in the late-19th and early-20th centuries, fleeing persecution in continental Europe. Migrants from the Indian subcontinent and Caribbean settled in the 1950s and 1960s, and more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheetham (surname)
Cheetham is an English surname, probably derived from Cheetham in Lancashire, now part of Manchester. Notable people with the surname include: * Alan Cheetham (born 1928), American paleobiologist *Alfred Cheetham (1867–1918), member of several Antarctic expeditions *Anthony Cheetham (born 1946), British materials scientist * Arthur Cheetham (1864–1937), English film-maker *Craig Cheetham (born 1970), English actor *Deborah Cheetham, Australian opera singer * Erika Cheetham (1939–1998), English medieval scholar *Francis Cheetham (1928–2005), leading authority on Nottingham Alabaster *Henry Cheetham (1827–1899), Anglican bishop * Henry Cheetham (pastor) (1801–1881), English Congregational minister in colonial South Australia * Jack Cheetham (1920–1980), South African cricket player * Jackie Cheetham (1907–1987), Scottish footballer * Jason Cheetham (born 1969), English musician (a.k.a. Jay Kay, frontman of Jamiroquai) *John Cheetham (manufacturer) (1802–1886), Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manchester Cheetham (UK Parliament Constituency)
Manchester Cheetham was a United Kingdom constituencies, parliamentary constituency in the city of Manchester. It returned one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system. The constituency was created for the 1950 United Kingdom general election, 1950 general election and abolished for the February 1974 United Kingdom general election, February 1974 general election. Boundaries 1950–1955: The County Borough of Manchester wards of Cheetham, Collegiate Church, Collyhurst, Harpurhey, and St Michael's. 1955–1974: The County Borough of Manchester wards of Cheetham, Collegiate Church, Harpurhey, High Oldham, and Miles Platting. Members of Parliament Politics and history of the constituency Founded in 1950 the constituency consistently returned Labour Party (UK), Labour Party MPs to the House of Commons o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheetham Close
Cheetham Close is a megalithic site and scheduled ancient monument located in Lancashire, very close to the boundary with Greater Manchester, England. The megalith was in good condition until a farmer from Turton sledgehammered the circle in the 1870s. According to an article published in 1829, Cheetham Close was once a druidical ritual place and a Roman road passed 'within two hundred yards' of the megalith. The stone circle at Cheetham Close measured about in diameter. Six stones are definitely part of the circle and other smaller stones are scattered about the place. The monument has been damaged, and the stones fractured. Archaeological surveys The area was surveyed in 1850 by Dryden, who identified a circle of six stones. In 1871 Greenhalgh identified a seventh stone and drew attention to the destruction of the site. In 1894 French discovered a second site which was a "ring bank" type cairn. A saddle quern was found in 1954 and the site was scheduled in 1958. Three barbed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Cheetham
Cape Cheetham () is an ice-covered cape forming the northeast extremity of Stuhlinger Ice Piedmont, Victoria Land, Antarctica. The geographical feature was first charted by members of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, who explored this coast in the ''Terra Nova'' in February 1911, and named for Alfred B. Cheetham, boatswain on the ''Terra Nova''. This identification of Cape Cheetham is in accord with the location assigned on maps of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (''Thala Dan''), 1962. The headland lies situated on the Pennell Coast, a portion of Antarctica lying between Cape Williams and Cape Adare Cape Adare is a prominent cape of black basalt forming the northern tip of the Adare Peninsula and the north-easternmost extremity of Victoria Land, East Antarctica. Description Marking the north end of Borchgrevink Coast and the west e .... References * Headlands of Victoria Land Pennell Coast {{PennellCoast-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheetham And Altona Important Bird Area
The Cheetham and Altona Important Bird Area comprises several wetland sites on, or close to, the north-western coast of Port Phillip in Victoria, south-eastern Australia. Collectively they total 1223 ha in area and lie within, or adjacent to, the western suburbs of the city of Melbourne. They were classified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because they support more than 1% of the world populations of red-necked stint, chestnut teal and Pacific gull. Wetlands The IBA includes the undeveloped coast between Williamstown and Seaholme, including the Jawbone Reserve, Altona Coastal Park, Rowden's Swamp, the Cheetham Wetlands, Truganina Swamp, with the Spectacle Lakes complex and RAAF Lake of Point Cook Coastal Park The Point Cook Coastal Park covers an area of and includes the Cheetham Wetlands. The park extends from the RAAF Williams Point Cook Base northeast along the coast to the Laverton creek which comprises its northern boundary. The park is approx .... These co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheetham Ice Tongue
Cheetham Ice Tongue () is a small ice tongue on the east coast of Victoria Land between Lamplugh Island and Whitmer Peninsula. It projects eastward into the Ross Sea. The tongue appears to be nourished in part by Davis Glacier and partly by ice draining from Lamplugh Island and Whitmer Peninsula. It was first charted by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09 The ''Nimrod'' Expedition of 1907–1909, otherwise known as the British Antarctic Expedition, was the first of three successful expeditions to the Antarctic led by Ernest Shackleton and his second expedition to the Antarctic. Its main target, ..., under Shackleton, and named by him for Alfred B. Cheetham, third officer on the ''Nimrod''. References * Ice tongues of Antarctica Landforms of Victoria Land Scott Coast {{ScottCoast-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
