Chitham is an English surname, a variant of Cheetham, probably derived from
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 Ma ...
in
Lancashire
Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly.
The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...
, now part of
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 ...
.
Notable people
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Sir Charles Carter Chitham (1886–1972), a British policeman who served mostly in India
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Claire Chitham
Claire Chitham (born 12 July 1978, in Auckland) is a New Zealand television actress. Claire rose to fame as Waverley Harrison (née Wilson) in the New Zealand TV show ''Shortland Street'', from 1994–1995 and 1997–2005 and Aurora Bay in '' Out ...
(born 1978), a New Zealand actress
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Robert Chitham (1935/36–2017), a British architect and writer
See also
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Chetham
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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 ...
*
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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