Chetham is an English surname originating from the place name
Cheetham near
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 t ...
, Lancashire. Variants include Cheetham, Cheatham, Chatan, Chitham, and Chitson. One early Chetham family was from Moston,
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 t ...
in the Middle Ages.
People
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Humphrey Chetham (1580–1653), English merchant and philanthropist
See also
* Chetham's Hospital and Library, Manchester, founded by
Humphrey Chetham in 1653:
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Chetham's School of Music
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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 ...
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Chetham Society
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Cheetham, Manchester
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Cheetham (disambiguation) 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 ...
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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 ...
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Cheatham (disambiguation) Cheatham may refer to:
;Places
* Cheatham County, Tennessee, a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee
* Cheatham House (disambiguation)
* Cheatham Lock and Dam, a dam in Ashland City, Tennessee, USA.
* Cheatham Middle School, a middle school ...
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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 ...
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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
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Surnames