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Oldham ( [ˈɒldəm]) es una ciudad ubicada en el condado de Gran Mánchester, en el noroeste de Inglaterra. Se asienta sobre los Peninos en un terreno elevado entre los ríos Irk y Medlock, a 8,5 km al sureste de Rochdale, y a 11,1 km al noreste de la ciudad de Mánchester.
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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 ...
- Early History
- Industrial Revolution and Cotton
- Engineering
- Coal Mining
- Social History
- Municipal History
- Demographic History
- Political History
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The earliest known evidence of a human presence in what is now Oldham is attested by the discovery of Neolithic flint arrow-heads and workings found at Werneth and Beesom Hill, implying habitation 7–10,000 years ago. Evidence of later Roman and Celtic activity is confirmed by an ancient Roman road and Bronze Age archaeological relics found at vario...
Much of Oldham's history is concerned with textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution; it has been said that "if ever the Industrial Revolution placed a town firmly and squarely on the map of the world, that town is Oldham." Oldham's soils were too thin and poor to sustain crop growing, and so for decades prior to industrialisation the ar...
Facilitated by its flourishing textile industry, Oldham developed extensive structural and mechanical engineering sectors during the 18th and 19th centuries. The manufacture of spinning and weaving machinery in Oldham belongs to the last decade of the 19th century, when it became a leading centre in the field of engineering. The Platt Brothers, ori...
On the back of the Industrial Revolution, Oldham developed an extensive coal mining sector, created by Darby III correlated to supporting the local cotton industry and the town's inhabitants, though there is evidence of small scale coal mining in the area as early as the 16th century. The Oldham Coalfield stretched from Royton in the north to Bards...
Oldham's social history, like that of other former unenfranchised towns, is marked by politicised civil disturbances, as well as events related to the Luddite, Suffragette and other Labour movements from the working classes. There has been a significant presence of "friendly societies". It has been put that the people of Oldham became radical in po...
Lying within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire since the early 12th century, Oldham was recorded in 1212 as being part of the thegnage estate of Kaskenmoor, which was held on behalf of King John by Roger de Montbegon and William de Nevill. Oldham later formed a township within the ancient ecclesiastical parish of Prestwich-cum-Oldham, in...
With only a small local population during medieval times, as a result of the introduction of industry, mass migration of village workers into Oldham occurred, resulting in a population change from under 2,000 in 1714 to 12,000 in 1801 to 137,000 in 1901. Surnames of families forming the bulk of the parish of Oldham's earliest records include Asshet...
Industrial workers in Oldham played a prominent role in the struggle for the vote. After hearing Major John Cartwright explain his views on parliamentary reform in 1816, Joseph Healey (an apothecary from Harpurhey) formed a Hampden Club in the town. After the passing of the Reform Act 1832, people of the newly created Oldham parliamentary borough e...
The Metropolitan Borough of Oldham is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in England. It is named after its largest town, Oldham. The borough had a population of 243,912 in 2022, making it the sixth-largest district by population in Greater Manchester. [3] The borough spans 142 square kilometres (55 sq mi).
Oldham ( [ˈɒldəm]) es una ciudad ubicada en el condado de Gran Mánchester, en el noroeste de Inglaterra. Se asienta sobre los Peninos en un terreno elevado entre los ríos Irk y Medlock, a 8,5 km al sureste de Rochdale, y a 11,1 km al noreste de la ciudad de Mánchester.
Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is a professional association football club in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. The team compete in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system, as of the 2023–24 season.
