CHEADLE, market town of north Staffordshire, England, 13 m. N.N.E. of Stafford, on the L.M.S.R. Pop. (1921) 6,178. The Roman Catholic church of St. Giles, with a lofty spire, was designed by Pugin and erected in 1846. There are collieries in the neighbourhood, and silk and other textile works in the town. Metal-working is also carried on. Pop. rural dist. (1931)