Editing Cadishead (section)

==History==
The earliest record of Cadishead date to 1212, and show that the whole of Cadishead – then called Cadewalesate – was rented from [[John, King of England|King John]] by Gilbert Notton for four shillings (20p) a year, a sum equivalent to about £650 today.<ref name="IrlamAndCadishead">{{citation |title=Irlam & Cadishead &ndash; Local History |publisher=Salford City Council |url=http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/yourcom/salfordlife/aboutsalford/salfordlocalhistory/localhistory-irlcadi.htm |access-date=10 November 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061126174227/http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/yourcom/salfordlife/aboutsalford/salfordlocalhistory/localhistory-irlcadi.htm |archive-date=26 November 2006 }}</ref> The name derives from the [[Anglo-Saxon|Old English]] words ''wælla'' and ''set'', and Cada, a personal name; it means the "dwelling or fold by the stream of a man called Cada".<ref>{{citation |title=A Dictionary of British Place-Names |contribution=Cadishead |url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t40.e2612 |last=Mills |first=A. D. |year=2003 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0-19-852758-6}} {{Subscription required}}</ref>

Until the early 19th century most of the area was part of the peat bog known as [[Chat Moss]], but by 1805 work had started to reclaim the land. The opening of the [[Manchester Ship Canal]] in 1894 had a major effect on the subsequent development of Cadishead.<ref name="IrlamAndCadishead" /><ref>{{citation |title=Currency converter |publisher=The National Archives |url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/currency/ |access-date=10 April 2007}}</ref>