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Rh CIIKADI,!;. 642 ( ii !;<!< i. i:Y-<r.M-vi;iNT.iiiLL. tions, and from Cheadle 1'urk there is a fine view. The manor formnh i I their scut here. The living is a rect.* in the dim 1, ot l.ieh- ,:I. Cl.'iS, in the jiiitrcin. of Tiini . Cam- bridge. 'I' 1 " 1 church, dedicated to St. L stone structure of tlio later English style, built in 1837. It haa several monumental figures, and a register of early date. The old church, which stood near the same site as the present one, and wan taken down in 1837, was a curious old structure, with massive wooden arches sup- porting the roof, and embellished with grotesque cor- bells. Then: are two district churches at tin : above mentioned, and a handsome Koman Catholic church, ended by the Karl of Shrewsbury in 1840, at pendents, Weslcyans, New Connexion, and Primitive Methodists have chapels hero. About 4 miles from the town are the ruins of Croxden Abbey, founded in 1176 for monks of the Cistercian order. There is a National school, and charities to the value of about 65 per annum. The wakes and races are held during the w k following the 1st September. ('HEADLE, a par. in the bund, of Macclesfield, in the co. of Chester, 2 miles 8. W. of Stockport, and 8 from Manchester. It is a station on the Manchester, Crowe, and Chester, and the Manchester, Buxton, and Maccles- ficld sections of the London and North- Western railway. The parish is situated on the river Mersey, and includes thti tnshpg. of Cheadlo-Bulkeley, Cheadle-Moseley, and Handforth- cum -Boden. The inhabitants are princi- pally employed in agriculture, or in the print-works, and in silk-weaving at home ; but those who live within that part of the parish comprised within the borough of Stockport are chiefly engaged in the manufactures of cotton and silk. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Chester, val. 635, in the patron, of Sir H. D. Brough- ton, Bart. . The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is in the later perpendicular style. In 1858, a new church, called St. Matthew, Stockport, was built at Edgeloy, for the Peel district, which comprises the hamlets of Edgcley and Brinksway, within this parish, but is included in the borough of Stockport. There is also a chapel of ease to the mother church of Cheadle, at Handforth, built in 1837, and another chapel of ease at Cheadlc- Hulmc, built in 1863. The Independents, Baptists, V. >leyan and Primitive Methodists havo places of worship, and there is a Koman Catholic chapel at Edgeley. There are National schools in the village of Cheadlo and at Handforth, and also a small endowed school at Cheadlo-Hulme. In the vicinity are many villa residences and several mansions. ClIEABLE, BULKELEY and MOSELEY, tnshps. in the par. of Cheadle, in the hund. of Macclesfield, and borough of Stockport, in the co. of Chester. A-< ClIEADLB. CHEAL, a hmlt. in the par. of Gosborton, in the co. of Lincoln, 3 miles 8.E. of Donington. It is situated near the hmlt. of Risogate, the river Eau, and the Great in railway. CHKAM, a par. in the second div. of the hund. of WiiUington, in the co. of Surrey, 3 miles from Epsom, and 5 from Kingston. It is a railway station on the London, Croydon, and Leathcrhead section of the. Brighton and South Coast line. It was given by Athel- stan to the monks of Canterbury, and afterwards passed to the Lumloy family, who built the old manor-house. About half-a-mile to the S.W. of the village formerly stood the magnificent palace of Nonsuch, wo erection of which was commenced by Henry VIII., and com- . by ll.-nry, Karl of Arundel ; it bocain into seat of Queen Kli/abelh, and was kept up as a I y .lames I., who purchased for it the library of the l.nmleys, thus laying the foundation of HID King's Library, now in the British Museum. Alter tlm decapitation of Charles I., it camn into tli" jiogscgsion of Algernon Sydney, and at the Resto- ration was granted to the Duchess of Cleveland, who pulled down the building and disparked the . Tin- living is a int.* in Die dioc. of Vincln J. i.V.i. iu tin- jiatiou. of Si. John's College. ti.i church, dedicated to St. Ihuislan, is a hand*"- cient structure, and i -out ains monuments and bnu the I.uinley lainily, c. The register commences ie National M-h'HiLj for both sexes. Five out six rectors of this parish became bishops between years of 1581 and 1602. Lloyd, tin- antiqu , here atone period. Uilpin, -who wi-o;- search of the 1'n tun |ue," kept a churchyard lie the remains of Lady I.uinley, who latid the " Iphigenia " of Euripides, and N works of Isocratcs into English. The chief residence t lieam House, a scat of the Antrobus family. CHEAPSIUES, an oxt. par. place in the Howdenshire, and union of Howden, in the liast of the-co. of York, ubout 7 miles from llowilen. C1IKARSLEY, a par. in the huud. of Ashcndom, the i-o. of Bucks, -1 miles N.K. ofThann, iU and 7 S.W. of Aylesbury railway station. It is si on a branch of the river Thamc. This place is so) to be the Cerdicesteayh of the Saxon Chronicle, wb Britons were defeated, in S71, by Cerdic and Several skeletons havo been turned up at the i of the trackways from Crondon, Chilton, Wi. and Cuddington. The living is a pcqut. cur. dioc. of Oxford, val. 68, in the patron, of Miss Qi^H The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, is a Mt^^H edifice, with a tcsselated altar lloor, an ancii font, and several brasses. The Baptists h:i ,- a place < worship. ('II EBSEY, a par. in the southern div. of tin Pirehill.intheco.of Stafford, 1J mileS.ot Xorton^^B station of the North- Western railway, and '2 K. of Ei cleshall, its post town. In the churchyard stood a stone obelisk, like that at Draycot. 'I is a vie.* in the dioc. of Lichfield, val. '.r~ patron, of the Dean and Chapter of Liehiii church is an old Gothic edifice, dedicate-: CHECKENDON, or UIAKKNDKN, a j : ;:, t hund. of Langtrce, in the co. of Oxford, 7 in, Henley-upon-Thames, its post town, and 4.4 Goring railway station on the Great Wc.it ern is situated under the Chiltern hills, and the village small and straggling. The tithe- 1839. The living iu a rect.* in the di val. 555, in the patron, of University ( The church, dedicated t" SS. ivt, -r and Paul, lifico in the Norman style of m possesses some ancient brasses. There are several sma charities for clothing the poor. CHECKLEY, a par. in the south div. of tl,. Totraonslow,in the co. of StaBord, :i~i mil. field, 53 from Manchester, mid Ij N.K. of Leigh static on the Crewe, Stoke, and Uttoxeter brain Staflonlshire line. It is situated on the river - includes tlio tnshps. of Madcley-llolne and t'j.jier '1'ean. 'J'he living is a reef.* our. of llollington.val. together, 071;. in the : Kdward Philips, Esq. The church of St Saints, is an ancient and handsome luiildi 1 Gothic style of architecture, possessing a I stained-glass windows. Three stones in the shape- pyramids are to be seen in tlio churcl with rude figures, which Gough conjectures to be Dni funeral monuments, but which tradition asserts t" h. i- cted to the memory of as many bishops wl were killed in an engagement between the I ' Saxons. The charities produce about 194, chieflyt) interest of 4,000 left by John Philips, in 181 li'-nclit of the poor. The lord of the manor it- William Hutchinson. fllKCKLKY, and CIIKCKLKY GKKEV, limits, the par. of Mordifonl, in the co. of Hereford, 6 mil E. of Hereford. Part of the land is laid out in In-' grounds, and adjoins the river Lug, which here fulls in the Wye. In the vicinity ia Ethclbcrt's camp. II l.( K LKY-CUM-WRINEUILL, formerly torn 1