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Oldham, parl. and mun. bor., market town, and
township, Prestwich par., SE. Lancashire, on river
Medlock, 6 miles NE. of Manchester and 190 miles from
London by rail—mun. bor. and township, 4730 ac., pop.
111,343; parl. bor. (partly in Ashton under Lyne par.),
12,310 ac., pop. 152,513; 5 Banks, 7 newspapers. Mar-
ket-day, Saturday. 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 Lanca-
shire coal fields. These coal fields give employment to
a considerable section of the population. The great
majority of the people, however, are engaged in the
staple mfrs. with which the name of Oldham is fami-
liarly associated. The factories are said to number
250, and it is estimated that there are about 1,000,000
spinning spindles and 650,000 twining spindles in the
town and its neighbourhood. The goods produced are
principally fustians, velveteens, velvets, silks, cotton
cords and yarns, sheetings, shirtings, drills, sateens,
&c. AArorks for the mfr. of weaving machinery are
very extensive, one especially employing between 6000
and 7000 hands. Foundries and engine works show
great industrial activity, and during recent years a con-
siderable and increasing trade has been done in the mfr.
of gas metres. There are about 70 churches and
chapels, and numerous institutions and charities, but
the public buildings as a rule do not call for special
remark. Oldham was enfranchised by the Reform Bill
of 1832, and received its charter of incorporation in
1849. It returns 2 members to Parliament.
Oldham Canal, SE. Lancashire; extends from S.
side of Oldham SAV. to junction with Rochdale Canal.
Oldhauis, vil., Bolton le Moors par., SE. Lancashire,
4 miles E. of Chorley.
Oldhauistocks, vil., Haddingtonshire, and par.,
partly also in Berwickshire, on Oldhamstock Burn—
par., 8837 ac., pop..568; vil., 3 miles W. of Cockburns-
path; P. O.
©Idhonse. — hamlet, Old Cleeve par., Somerset, 2
miles SAV. of AVatchet.—2. ©ldhouse, hamlet, Worth
par., Sussex, 4 miles SAV. of East Grinstead.
Oldland, township and vil., Bitton par., Gloucester-
shire—township (containing the greater part of Kings-
wood), 2602 ac., pop. 7241; vil., 5 miles E. of Bristol;
P.O., called Old lands Common.
Oldlelghlin, par., co. Carlow. See Leighlin, Old.
Oldmill, vil., Roystone par., S. div. West-Riding
Yorkshire, 1 mile W. of Monk Bretton.
Oldiulxton, hamlet, Bleadon par., Somerset, 44
miles SE. of AVeston super Mare.
Oldmoor, township, Bothal par., Northumberland,
34 miles NE. of Morpeth, 957 ac., pop. 68.
Oldney, island, Assynt par., AV. Sutherland, 8 miles
N. of Lochinver, pop. 4.
Oldpark, hamlet, Hatton par., in co. and 34 miles
NAA7. of AVarwick.
Oldpark, SE. co. Antrim ; P.O. See Old Pakk.
Oldridgc, curacy, Exeter St Thomas par., Devon.
Oldross, par., AV. co. AA7exford, 4 miles NE. of New
Ross, 10,653 ac., pop. 1459.
Oldshore, hamlet with school, Eddrachillis par., AV.
Sutherland, 3 miles NW. of Kinlochbervie.
Oldstead, township, Kilburn par., North-Riding
Yorkshire, 64 miles N. of Easingwold, 1380 ac., pop. 122.
Oldswinford, par., partly in Staffordshire but
chiefly in AYorcestershire, 3315 ac., pop. 27,565; P.O.,
T.O., called Old Swinford ; contains Lye, Stourbridge,
Upper Swinford, Wollaston, and AVollescote.
Old town, hamlet, 5 miles NE. of Kirk Linton,
Cumberland.
Oldtown, school, Derryloran par., co. Tyrone.
Old what, school, New Deer par., Aberdeenshire.
Olive Green, hamlet, Hamstall Ridware and Yox-
all pars., Staffordshire, 64 miles N. of Lichfield.
Olive Mills, paperworks, Loxley, near Sheffield.
Oliver Castle, ancient fortalice, in par. and near
Tweedsmuir, SW. Peeblesshire, on river Tweed; Oliver
House, seat, is in vicinity.
Oliver’s Mount, North-Riding Yorkshire, 1 mile S.
of Scarborough ; is said to have derived its name from
a, battery planted on it by Cromwell when he besieged
Scarborough Castle. Gazetteer of the British Isles, Statistical and Topographical, by John Bartholomew, F.R.G.S.
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1887. Public domain image from Gedcomindex.com
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