Cheadle and Gatley

Cheadle and Gatley (chēˈdəl, gătˈlē) [key], town (1991 pop. 59,478), Stockport metropolitan district, NW England, in the Greater Manchester metropolitan area. Industries include engineering works and the manufacture of chemicals, drugs, and bricks. The town has a 17th-century hall and a church with a 16th-century nave and two chapels.

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