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Chetham
Chetham is an English surname originating from the place name Cheetham near Manchester, Lancashire. Variants include Cheetham, Cheatham, Chatan, Chitham, and Chitson. One early Chetham family was from Moston, Manchester in the Middle Ages. People * Humphrey Chetham (1580–1653), English merchant and philanthropist See also * Chetham's Hospital and Library, Manchester, founded by Humphrey Chetham in 1653: ** Chetham's School of Music ** Chetham's Library * Chetham Society * Cheetham, Manchester * Cheetham (other) * Cheetham (surname) * Cheatham (other) * Cheatham (surname) * Chitham Chitham is an English surname, a variant of Cheetham, probably derived from Cheetham in Lancashire, now part of Manchester. Notable people * Sir Charles Carter Chitham (1886–1972), a British policeman who served mostly in India *Claire Chitham ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Chetham (Surname) Surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chetham's School Of Music
Chetham's School of Music () is an independent co-educational music school in Manchester, England. Chetham's educates students between the ages of 8 and 18, all of whom enter via musical auditions. Students receive a full academic education alongside specialist group and individual music tuition. Chetham's offers a year-round programme of concerts at the school, Manchester Cathedral, the Royal Northern College of Music, Band on the Wall and Bridgewater Hall. Recitals also take place in churches and community spaces, at festivals and internationally. Its senior ensembles, Chetham's Symphony Orchestra and Big Band, alongside many individual students, have won awards for their music, and many alumni have progressed to highly successful careers as professional musicians or in other sectors. The music school was established in 1969 from Chetham's Hospital School, founded as a charity school by Humphrey Chetham in 1653. After becoming a boys' grammar school in 1952, the school turn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chetham Society
The Chetham Society "for the publication of remains historic and literary connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester" is a text publication society and registered charity (No. 700047) established on 23 March 1843. History The Chetham Society is the oldest historical society in North West England. It was founded by a group of gentlemen (including the lawyer James Crossley and the clergymen Thomas Corser, Richard Parkinson, and Francis Robert Raines), who wished to promote interest in the counties' historical sources. The society held its foundation meeting on 23 March 1843 at Chetham's Library, in Manchester, which was established in 1653 by the will of the philanthropist Humphrey Chetham. The society became a registered charity (No. 700047) in 1988. The Chetham Society was amongst the earliest antiquarian and historical societies to be established in Britain during the nineteenth century, and appears to have been modelled, in part, on the Durham-based Surt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humphrey Chetham
Humphrey Chetham (10 July 1580 – 1653) was an English textile merchant, financier and philanthropist, responsible for the creation of Chetham's Hospital and Chetham's Library, the oldest public library in the English-speaking world.Crosby 2008. Life Chetham was born in Crumpsall, Lancashire, England, the son of Henry Chetham, a successful Manchester merchant who lived in Crumpsall Hall and his wife, Jane (c.1542–1616), the daughter of Robert Wroe of Heaton. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School, and in 1597 was apprenticed to Samuel Tipping, a Manchester linen draper. In 1605, he moved to London with his brother George and set up a partnership with him trading in various textiles. The business was successful, since the fabric was bought in London and sold for a higher price in Manchester. He acquired Clayton Hall in Manchester as his home, and in 1628 was also able to buy Turton Tower from William Orrell. In 1631, he was asked to be knighted after his huge weal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chetham's Library
Chetham's Library in Manchester, England, is the oldest free public reference library in the English-speaking world.Nicholls (2004), p. 20. Chetham's Hospital, which contains both the library and Chetham's School of Music, was established in 1653 under the will of Humphrey Chetham (1580–1653), for the education of "the sons of honest, industrious and painful parents", and a library for the use of scholars. The library has been in continuous use since 1653. It operates as an independent charity, open to readers free of charge, Monday-Friday 09.00-12.30 and 13.30-16.30 by prior appointment. Tours of the Library for visitors are bookable online from 2 September 2019 via the Library website. The library holds more than 100,000 volumes of printed books, of which 60,000 were published before 1851. They include collections of 16th- and 17th-century printed works, periodicals and journals, local history sources, broadsides and ephemera. In addition to print materials, the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The two cities and the surrounding towns form one of the United Kingdom's most populous conurbations, the Greater Manchester Built-up Area, which has a population of 2.87 million. The history of Manchester began with the civilian settlement associated with the Roman fort ('' castra'') of ''Mamucium'' or ''Mancunium'', established in about AD 79 on a sandstone bluff near the confluence of the rivers Medlock and Irwell. Historically part of Lancashire, areas of Cheshire south of the River Mersey were incorporated into Manchester in the 20th century, including Wythenshawe in 1931. Throughout the Middle Ages Manchester remained a manorial township, but began to expand "at an astonishing rate" around the turn of the 19th century. Manchest ... [...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] |
Cheatham (surname)
Cheatham is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Benjamin F. Cheatham (1820–1886), Confederate general and California gold miner *Boyd M. Cheatham (c. 1838-1876), Tennessee state congressman * Charles Cheatham Cavanah (1871–1953), United States federal judge * Dave Cheatham, Democratic member, Indiana House of Representatives (representing 69th District since 2006) *Doc Cheatham (1905–1997), American jazz trumpeter, singer and bandleader * Donna Cheatham, the winningest coach in Indiana girls' high school basketball history *Edward Saunders Cheatham (1818-1878), Tennessee state congressman and senator. * Eugene Calvin Cheatham Jr. (1915–2005), one of the Tuskegee Airmen and a career officer * Henry P. Cheatham (1857–1935), African American Republican member, US House of Representatives *Jack Cheatham (1894 – 1971), American character actor *Jimmy Cheatham (1924–2007), American jazz trombonist and teacher * John Cheatham (1855–1918), American firefig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chitham
Chitham is an English surname, a variant of Cheetham, probably derived from Cheetham in Lancashire, now part of Manchester. Notable people * Sir Charles Carter Chitham (1886–1972), a British policeman who served mostly in India *Claire Chitham (born 1978), a New Zealand actress * Robert Chitham (1935/36–2017), a British architect and writer See also * Chetham *Cheetham (surname) *Cheatham (surname) Cheatham is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Benjamin F. Cheatham (1820–1886), Confederate general and California gold miner *Boyd M. Cheatham (c. 1838-1876), Tennessee state congressman * Charles Cheatham Cavanah (1871–19 ... {{Surname, Chitham Chitham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheetham, Manchester
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 (ward), Piccadilly and Deansgate to the south. Historic counties of England, Historically part of Lancashire, Cheetham was a Township (England), township in the Manchester (ancient parish), parish of Manchester and Salford (hundred), 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 the United Kingdom since 1922, immigration to Britain. In the mid-19th century, it attracted Irish people fleeing the Great Famine (Ireland), Great Famine. It is now home to the Irish World Heritage Centre. Jews settled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheetham (other)
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 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 ..., a parliamentary constituency in the city of Manchester See also * Cheatham (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheatham (other)
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Cheatham may refer to: ;Places * Cheatham County, Tennessee, a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee * Cheatham House (other) * Cheatham Lock and Dam, a dam in Ashland City, Tennessee, USA. * Cheatham Middle School, a middle school in the Clarksville Independent School District, Texas, United States ; People * Cheatham ; Other * South Cheatham Advocate, a weekly newspaper published in Kingston Springs, Tennessee since 1990 See also * Cheetham (other) 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 Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
