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Oldham is one of England's great modern centres of manufacture. In 1760 it contained only about 60 dwellings, mostly thatched huts. Its rapid progress is due chiefly to its proximity to the Lancashire coal fields. These coal fields give employment to a considerable section of the population. The great majority of the people, however, are.

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These are genealogy links to Lancashire online databases and indexes that may include birth records, marriage records, death records, biographies, cemeteries, censuses, histories, immigration records, land records, military records, newspapers, obituaries, or probate records. Some subscription websites listed below can be searched for free at a.

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Oldham / ˈoʊldəm / is a town in Greater Manchester, England, [1] it lies amongst the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers Irk and Medlock, 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of Rochdale, and 7 miles (11.3 km) northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, which had a population of 237,110 in 2019.

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Parishes Oldham St Mary, Lancashire Oldham St James, Lancashire Oldham St Peter, Lancashire Parish History The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870 OLDHAM, a town, a township, several chapelries, two sub-districts, and a district, in Lancashire.

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Chadderton Coordinates: 53.5462°N 2.1426°W Chadderton is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, on the River Irk and Rochdale Canal. It is located in the foothills of the Pennines, 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Oldham, 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Rochdale and 6 miles (9.7 km) north-east of Manchester .

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Oldham is a former textile town in Greater Manchester, 7 miles (10 km) northeast of city centre in the foothills of the Pennines. In 2011 the population was 96,420. Understand [ edit] Historically Oldham was in Lancashire, while the area of Saddleworth just east was in Yorkshire, including the villages of Delph, Diggle, Greenfield and Uppermill.

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history Families of the Northwest of England, Greater Manchester, Cheshire & Lancashire See Visitation of Cheshire 1613 A History of Altrincham and Bowden "County families of Lancashire and Cheshire" Links for Genealogy sites will be below the family background. (as the projects develop).

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Oldham is the site of the Castleshaw Roman Forts, the remains of successive fortresses built by the Romans in about 79 ce and 105 ce, respectively, which were designated a national monument in 1979.

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Oldham's location makes it ideal for a daytrip from Manchester, Lancashire and West Yorkshire Take in the scenery The view from the top of Tandle Hill Park, Royton. Walk up through the woodland to the war memorial and, on a good day, enjoy views to Jodrell Bank and even the Welsh mountains.

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Oldham is a former textile town in Greater Manchester, 7 miles northeast of city centre in the foothills of the Pennines. Mapcarta, the open map.

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Prestwich-cum-Oldham (also known as Prestwich with Oldham) [1] [2] was an ancient ecclesiastical parish of the hundred of Salford, within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire, England.

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OLDHAM, a town, a township, several chapelries, two sub-districts, and a district, in Lancashire. The town stands on an elevation between the rivers Irk and Medlock, near the source of the former and near the W bank of the upper part of the latter, on branches of the Northwestern and the Lancashire and Yorkshire railways, at the junction-terminus of the Oldham, Ashton-under-Lyne and Guide.

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OLDHAM, an enfranchised borough, a parochial chapelry, and the head of a union, in the parish of Prestwich, hundred of Salford, S. division of the county of Lancaster, 7 miles (N. E. by E.) from Manchester. St. Peter's chapel, one of three chapelries in Oldham Township (St James and St Mary's being the others), was erected by subscription in.

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Lying amongst the Pennines, Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England. A boomtown of the Industrial Revolution, and one of the first ever industrialised towns, Oldham truly rose to prominence in the 19th century as an international centre of textile manufacture famed for cotton-spinning. Since the mid-20th century Oldham's.

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Oldham has been described as the "most prodigious" mill town in Lancashire, and the "one that grew the quickest, from most insignificant beginnings, [. into.] the cotton spinning capital of the world." [1]

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Oldham is located in the county of Greater Manchester, North West England, one mile east of the town of Chadderton, 149 miles north of Cardiff, and 163 miles north-west of London. Oldham lies six miles south-west of the West Yorkshire border, and was historically in the county of Lancashire.