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Oldham Street: Early 18th century: Forms part of the city's historic Northern Quarter district: Afflecks Palace [8] Oxford Road: Late 18th century [9] Harvester House: Peter Street, Manchester: A34: Portland Street: Early 19th century: Watts Warehouse: Princess Street: Late 18th century: A 3-lane partially one-way street heading out of ...
The street runs from Piccadilly to Great Ancoats Street on the edge of Ancoats, beyond which it continues northwards as Oldham Road, the A62. The street is part of Manchester which is on a tentative list as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Methodist Central Hall stands on the east side. [2]
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Oldham is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, and it is unparished. The town and the surrounding countryside contain 102 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, four are listed at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade.
In the early 18th century, Oldham Street was apparently "an ill-kept muddy lane, held in place on one of its sides by wild hedgerows". [3] The first town directory of Manchester, published in 1772, lists a number of buildings on Tib Street and Oldham Street.
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The lane is significant as it was once part of the prehistoric route through the town which meandered from Hathershaw, via Water Street, Market Place, Church Lane, Church Street, Bow Street, Wallshaw Place, Fowleach, Cross Street then on through Hey to Yorkshire. [2] Its existence and name are due to its proximity to Oldham Parish Church.
The OL postcode area, also known as the Oldham postcode area, [2] is a group of sixteen postcode districts in north-west England, within seven post towns. These cover eastern Greater Manchester (including Oldham, Rochdale, Ashton-under-Lyne, Heywood and Littleborough), plus small parts of east Lancashire (including Bacup) and western West Yorkshire (including Todmorden).