Cheetham Manchester, Poor Law Records

History
Microfilm of original records formerly held at the Manchester Archives, Central Library in Manchester, England.

Cheetham is a village, a township, a sub-district and two chapelries in Manchester parish.

"Townships were a division of a parish which formed a unit of local administration; it levied a separate Poor Rate and appointed a constable." -- The Local Historian's Encyclopedia, p. 35.

Includes a street index in some registers.

Includes names of occupiers, names of owners, description of property, name or situation of property, rateable values, amounts assessed and collected.

Manchester Archives Central Library call nos.: M 10/7/5/1-52.