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{{Short description|Village in Greater Manchester, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | coordinates = {{coord|53.427|-2.434|display=inline,title}} | official_name = Cadishead | population = 10,264 | population_ref = (2011.Ward) | metropolitan_borough = [[City of Salford]] | metropolitan_county = [[Greater Manchester]] | region = North West England | constituency_westminster = [[Worsley and Eccles South (UK Parliament constituency)|Worsley and Eccles South]] | councillor1 = Joan Walsh | party1 = Labour | councillor2 = Lewis Nelson | party2 = Labour | councillor3 = John Walsh | party3 = Labour | post_town = MANCHESTER | postcode_district = M44 | postcode_area = M | dial_code = 0161 | os_grid_reference = SJ711924 | london_distance = | static_image_name = Cadishead Viaduct.jpg | static_image_caption = [[Cadishead Viaduct]] previously carrying a rail-line over the [[Manchester Ship Canal]] | static_image_alt = Wide river sized canal with high metal bridge supported on Masonry pillars having arches on either side }} '''Cadishead''' is a village in the [[City of Salford]] in [[Greater Manchester]], England, with a population of 10,739 in 2014.<ref name="Cadishead_2014">{{cite book | title = Cadishead Ward Profile | url = https://www.salford.gov.uk/media/388902/cadishead-ward-profile-mar-2016.pdf | website = salford.gov.uk | publisher = [[Salford City Council]] | date = March 2016 }}</ref> Within the [[Historic counties of England|historic county]] of [[Lancashire]]. ==History== The earliest record of Cadishead date to 1212, and show that the whole of Cadishead β then called Cadewalesate β was rented from [[John, King of England|King John]] by Gilbert Notton for four shillings (20p) a year, a sum equivalent to about Β£650 today.<ref name="IrlamAndCadishead">{{citation |title=Irlam & Cadishead – 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 ''wΓ¦lla'' 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> == Governance == [[File:Cadishead (Salford City Council ward).png|thumb|Cadishead electoral ward within [[Salford City Council]]]] [[File:Wayne, Monroe and Bogey - geograph.org.uk - 165231.jpg|thumb|alt=Red brick building by roadside with life size figures of John Wayne, Marilyn Monroe and Humphrey Bogart and on high above doorway|Royal Arms pub, previously known as the Royal British Legion Club]] Cadishead is represented in [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Westminster]] by [[Barbara Keeley]] [[Member of parliament#United Kingdom|MP]] for [[Worsley and Eccles South (UK Parliament constituency)|Worsley and Eccles South]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Barbara Keeley MP | url = http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/barbara-keeley/1588 | website = parliament.uk | publisher = [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|UK Parliament]] | access-date = 7 April 2017}}</ref> === Councillors === {{see also|Cadishead and Lower Irlam (ward)}} Until 2021 the area was represented on [[Salford City Council]] by three councillors serving the [[electoral ward|ward]] of Cadishead. {| class="wikitable" |- !Election!!colspan="2"|Councillor!!colspan="2"|Councillor!!colspan="2"|Councillor |- | [[2004 Salford City Council election|2004]] |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Keith Mann ([[Labour Party (UK)|Lab]]) | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Christine Hudson ([[Labour Party (UK)|Lab]]) | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Jimmy Hunt ([[Labour Party (UK)|Lab]]) |- | [[2006 Salford City Council election|2006]] |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Keith Mann ([[Labour Party (UK)|Lab]]) | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Christine Hudson ([[Labour Party (UK)|Lab]]) | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Jimmy Hunt ([[Labour Party (UK)|Lab]]) |- | [[2007 Salford City Council election|2007]] |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Keith Mann ([[Labour Party (UK)|Lab]]) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Elizabeth Hill ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]]) | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Jimmy Hunt ([[Labour Party (UK)|Lab]]) |- | [[2008 Salford City Council election|2008]] |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Keith Mann ([[Labour Party (UK)|Lab]]) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Elizabeth Hill ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]]) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Lyn Bramer-Kelly ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]]) |- | [[2010 Salford City Council election|2010]] |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Christine Hudson ([[Labour Party (UK)|Lab]]) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Elizabeth Hill ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]]) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Lyn Bramer-Kelly ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]]) |- | [[2011 Salford City Council election|2011]] |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Christine Hudson ([[Labour Party (UK)|Lab]]) | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Jimmy Hunt ([[Labour Party (UK)|Lab]]) | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Lyn Bramer-Kelly ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Con]]) |- | [[2012 Salford City Council election|2012]] |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Christine Hudson ([[Labour Party (UK)|Lab]]) | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Jimmy Hunt ([[Labour Party (UK)|Lab]]) | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| John Walsh ([[Labour Party (UK)|Lab]]) |- | [[2014 Salford City Council election|2014]] |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |bgcolor="#99CCFF"|Christine Hudson ([[Labour Party (UK)|Lab]]) | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Jimmy Hunt ([[Labour Party (UK)|Lab]]) | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | John Walsh ([[Labour Party (UK)|Lab]]) |- | [[2015 Salford City Council election|2015]] |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Christine Hudson ([[Labour Party (UK)|Lab]]) | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Jimmy Hunt ([[Labour Party (UK)|Lab]]) | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | John Walsh ([[Labour Party (UK)|Lab]]) |- | [[2016 Salford City Council election|2016]] |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Christine Hudson ([[Labour Party (UK)|Lab]]) | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Jimmy Hunt ([[Labour Party (UK)|Lab]]) | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| John Walsh ([[Labour Party (UK)|Lab]]) |- | [[2018 Salford City Council election|2018]] |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |bgcolor="#99CCFF"|Joan Walsh ([[Labour Party (UK)|Lab]]) | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | Jimmy Hunt ([[Labour Party (UK)|Lab]]) | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | John Walsh ([[Labour Party (UK)|Lab]]) |- | [[2019 Salford City Council election|2019]] |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |Joan Walsh ([[Labour Party (UK)|Lab]]) | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Lewis Nelson ([[Labour Party (UK)|Lab]]) | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | John Walsh ([[Labour Party (UK)|Lab]]) |- | 2021 |colspan=6|{{center|'''Ward abolished'''}} |} {{Color box|#99CCFF|border=darkgray}} indicates seat up for re-election. Boundary changes coming in to effect at the [[2021 Salford City Council election]] abolished the Cadishead ward and the [[Cadishead and Lower Irlam (ward)|Cadishead and Lower Irlam]] ward was created in its place. ==Location== Cadishead is between [[Irlam]] and [[Rixton-with-Glazebrook|Rixton]], on Liverpool Road (B5320) next to the [[Manchester Ship Canal]] and the [[M62 motorway]], close to the border between [[Greater Manchester]] and [[Warrington]]. ==Industry== The Northbank Industrial Park dominates the east of Cadishead and the border with Irlam and supplies many jobs to the local area. ==Notable people== [[Ray Lowry]] was a painter and cartoonist originally from Cadishead. He created the ''[[London Calling]]'' album cover for [[the Clash]]. ==Transport== Cadishead was once served by its own [[Cadishead railway station|railway station]]. The station closed in November 1964 as part of the [[Beeching cuts]] which affected many railway stations in the UK at the time. ==References== ===Notes=== {{reflist}} ===Bibliography=== {{refbegin}} *{{Citation |first=Glynis |last=Cooper |title=Salford: An Illustrated History |publisher=The Breedon Books Publishing Company |year=2005 |isbn=1-85983-455-8}} {{refend}} ==External links== {{Commons category|Cadishead}} *[http://www.colsal.org.uk/sites/icdlhs/Homepage.asp Irlam and Cadishead Local History Society] *[http://www.stmaryscadishead.co.uk/ St. Mary the Virgin C of E parish church] {{Greater Manchester}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Geography of Salford]] [[Category:Salford City Council Wards]]
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