123 is operated by Bennetts while service 30 to Leek is operated by Aimee's. Notable people Sir Henry Samuel Wiggin, 1st Baronet DL (1824 in Cheadle – 1905), English metals manufacturer and Liberal Party politician, MP for East Staffordshire 1880–1885 and for Handsworth 1885–1892 William Harris (1826 in Cheadle – 1911), Liberal politician and strategist in Birmingham in an era of dramatic municipal reform Mary Adela Blagg (1858–1944), astronomer, the first woman to be allowed into the Royal Astronomical Society Major Cecil Wedgwood (1863–1916), partner in the Wedgwood pottery firm, first mayor of Stoke-on-Trent, won the Distinguished Service Order during the Boer War, killed in 1916 during the Battle of the Somme Edmund Crosby Quiggin (1875 in Cheadle – 1920), British linguist and scholar Sport Fred Obrey (1912 in Cheadle – 1986), English footballer, 62 professional appearances mainly for Port Vale F.C. Fred Inskip (1924–2000), English professional footballer, 26 appearances for Crewe Alexandra F.C. Terry Lowe (born in Cheadle 1943), English footballer, 55 appearances for Port Vale F.C. Bernadette Swinnerton (born 1951) racing cyclist and a headteacher in Blythe Bridge Gareth Owen (born in Cheadle 1982), former professional footballer, 225 appearances, now working as head of the Stoke City F.C. Academy Schools Cheadle High School Painsley Catholic College Moorlands 6th Form College Bishop Rawle C.E. (Aided) Primary School St. Giles' Roman Catholic Primary School Cheadle Primary School St Thomas' Primary Catholic School (Tean) Great Wood Primary School (Tean) See also Listed buildings in Cheadle, Staffordshire J. & N. Philips :Category:People from Cheadle, Staffordshire Woodhead Hall Former RAF & GCHQ station. References Further reading External links The Cheadle Town Website The Cheadle and Tean Times (The Stunner) Pubs in Cheadle Staffordshire: Past and Present Market towns in Staffordshire Towns and villages of the Peak District Towns in Staffordshire