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As of the 2011 UK census, the borough of Oldham had a population of 224,897. [67] Of the 89,703 households in Oldham, 56.6% of those aged 16 and over either live as a couple, are married, in a civil partnership or co-habiting, in line with the national average. A relatively high proportion of 9.3% of people are separated or divorced compared ...
A map of Oldham, and surrounding area. At (53.5444°, −2.1169°), and 164 ... — John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870–1872)
Royd mill, built in 1907, [8] and seen here in 1983, was just one of Oldham's peak of 360 textile mills which operated night and day. 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."
The Ordnance Survey began producing six inch to the mile (1:10,560) maps of Great Britain in the 1840s, modelled on its first large-scale maps of Ireland from the mid-1830s. This was partly in response to the Tithe Commutation Act 1836 which led to calls for a large-scale survey of England and Wales.
Map of Greater Manchester, UK with Oldham highlighted. Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 165%: Date: 1 September 2013: Source: Ordnance Survey OpenData. Most data from Boundary-Line product. Lake data from Meridian 2 product. Inset derived from England location map.svg by Spischot. Author
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Map of Oldham, Greater Manchester, UK with electoral wards shown. Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 165% Geographic limits: West: 2.20W; East: 1.90W; North: 53.64N; South: 53.48N; Date: 24 April 2011: Source: Ordnance Survey OpenData. Coastline and administrative boundary data from Boundary-Line product.
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