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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). [5]
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).
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A map of Oldham, and surrounding area ... heart of Oldham's retail district, ... Oldham Athletic A.F.C. at Boundary Park until 2010 when they moved to Oldham Borough ...
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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:
Parks and commons in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham (5 P) R. Rivers of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham (7 P) S. Saddleworth (1 C, 39 P) Shaw and Crompton (1 C ...
Under section 74 of the Local Government Act 1972, the council of a district, county or London borough (or county borough in Wales) may change its name, providing the resolution to do so gains two-thirds of the votes at a special meeting. Until 1 April 1978, the council had to have the permission of the Secretary of State, but since that date ...