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The council styles itself Oldham Council rather than its full formal name of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council. [10] From 1974 until 1986 the council was a lower-tier authority, with upper-tier functions provided by the Greater Manchester County Council. The county council was abolished in 1986 and its functions passed to Greater Manchester's ...
Oldham council's coat of arms, seen here at the Civic Centre. Following the 1974 reorganisation, a new coat of arms was granted to Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council, based closely on that of the predecessor Oldham County Borough Council. Like the county borough's arms, which dated from 1894, the new coat is derived from the arms of the Oldham ...
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council, generally known as Oldham Council , is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester , England.
Local Housing Allowance (LHA) was introduced by the government of the United Kingdom on 7 April 2008 to provide Housing Benefit entitlement for tenants renting private-sector accommodation in England, Scotland and Wales. The LHA system introduced significant changes to the way Housing Benefit (HB) levels are restricted and how benefit is paid.
Limeside is a large housing estate in Oldham, Lancashire, England, 2 miles south of the town centre in the Hollinwood ward, contiguous with Failsworth, Hollins and Garden Suburb. Daisy Nook countryside park lies to the south. Whitebank Stadium, home of Oldham R.L.F.C. and North West Counties League football club Avro F.C., is in Limeside. [1]
The Coat of Arms of the Oldham County Borough Council, as found at Oldham Police Station. The station predates the merging of Oldham Borough Police into Lancashire Constabulary in 1969, and thus still displays the redundant arms. Prior to 1894, the town council made use of the arms of the Oldham family. The arms were blazoned as:
Abbey Hills (archaically Wabbow Hills) is an area of Oldham in Greater Manchester. It is contiguous with Glodwick and Alt. Lying on the eastern border of the historic Oldham township, Abbey Hills was the location of a large housing estate, the Abbey Hills Estate. It was built in the 1930s but was largely demolished during the late 1980s.
Fitton Hill is a large housing estate in the town of Oldham in Greater Manchester, contiguous with Hathershaw and Bardsley.. Lying 2 miles south of Oldham town centre, the Fitton Hill estate was built during the 1950s and 1960s on previously undeveloped moorland with scattered hamlets and farmsteads.