Chitham is an English surname, a variant of Cheetham, probably derived from
Cheetham Cheetham may refer to:
People
* Cheetham (surname)
Places
* Cheetham and Altona Important Bird Area, Melbourne, Australia
* Cheetham Close, a megalith and scheduled ancient monument located in Lancashire, very close to the boundary with Greater ...
in
Lancashire
Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated ''Lancs'') is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Cumbria to the north, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to the south, and the Irish Sea to ...
, now part of
Manchester
Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs ...
.
Notable people
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Sir Charles Carter Chitham (1886–1972), a British policeman who served mostly in India
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Claire Chitham
Claire Chitham (born 12 July 1978, in Auckland) is a New Zealand television actress. Claire rose to fame as Waverley Harrison (née Wilson) in the New Zealand TV show ''Shortland Street'', from 1994–1995 and 1997–2005 and Aurora Bay in '' Ou ...
(born 1978), a New Zealand actress
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Robert Chitham (1935/36–2017), a British architect and writer
See also
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Chetham
Chetham is an English surname originating from the place name Cheetham, Manchester, Cheetham near Manchester, Lancashire. Variants include Cheetham, Cheatham, Chatan, Chitham, and Chitson. One early Chetham family was from Moston, Manchester in th ...
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Cheetham (surname)
Cheetham is an English surname, probably derived from Cheetham in Lancashire, now part of Manchester.
Notable people with the surname include:
*Alan Cheetham (born 1928), American paleobiologist
*Alfred Cheetham (1867–1918), member of several ...
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Cheatham (surname)
Cheatham is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Benjamin F. Cheatham (1820–1886), Confederate general and California gold miner
* Boyd M. Cheatham (c. 1838–1876), Tennessee state congressman
* Charles Cheatham Cavanah (187 ...
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