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OLDHAM , a municipal See also:county and See also:parliamentary See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough of See also:Lancashire, See also:England, 7 M. N.E. of See also:Manchester, on the See also:London & See also:North-Western, See also:Great Central and Lancashire & See also:Yorkshire See also:railways and the Oldham See also:canal. Pop. (1891) 131,463; (1901) 137,246. The See also:principal railway station is called See also:Mumps, but there are several others. The See also:town lies high, near the source of the small See also:river Medlock. Its growth as a manufacturing centre gives it a wholly See also:modern See also:appearance. Among several handsome churches the See also:oldest See also:dates only from the later 18th See also:century. The principal buildings and institutions include the town-See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, with See also:tetrastyle See also:portico copied from the Ionic See also:temple of See also:Ceres near See also:Athens, the reference library, See also:art See also:gallery and museum, the See also:Union See also:Street See also:baths, commemorating See also:Sir See also:Robert See also:Peel the statesman, and the county See also:court. Of educational establishments the See also:chief are the See also:Lyceum, a See also:building in See also:Italian See also:style, containing See also:schools of art and See also:science, and including an See also:observatory; the largely-endowed See also:blue-coat school founded in 18o8 by See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas Henshaw, a wealthy manufacturer of hats; the See also:Hulme See also:grammar school (1895), and municipal technical schools. The Alexandra See also:Park, opened in 1865, was laid out by operatives who were thrown out of employment owing to the See also:cotton See also:famine in the years previous to that date. The site is picturesquely undulating and terraced. Oldham is one of the most important centres of the cotton manufactures, the See also:consumption of cotton being about one-fifth of the See also:total importation into the See also:United See also:Kingdom, the factories numbering some 230, and the spindles over 13 millions, while some 35,000 operatives are employed. The principal manufactures are fustians, velvets, cords, shirtings, sheetings and nankeens. There are also large foundries and See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill and cotton machinery See also:works; and works for the construction of See also:gas-meters and sewing-See also:machines; while all these See also:industries are assisted by the immediate presence of collieries. There are extensive markets and numerous fairs are held. Oldham was incorporated in 1849, and became a county borough in 1888. The See also:corporation consists of a See also:mayor, 12 aldermen and 36 councillors. The parliamentary borough has returned two members since 1832. See also:Area of municipal borough, 4736 acres.
A See also:Roman road, of which some traces are still See also:left, passes through the site of the township, but it does not appear to have been a Roman station. It is not mentioned in Domesday; but in the reign of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry III. Alwardus de Aldholme is referred to as holding See also:land in See also:Vernet (Werneth). A daughter and co-heiress of this Alwardus conveyed Werneth Hall and its See also:manor to the Cudworths, a See also:branch of the Yorkshire See also:family, with whom it remained till the See also:early See also:part of the 18th century. From the Oldhams was descended See also:Hugh Oldham, who died See also:bishop of See also:Exeter in 1519. From entries in the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church registers it would appear that linens were manufactured in Oldham as early as 163o. Watermills were introduced in 1770, and with the See also:adoption of See also:Arkwright's inventions the cotton See also:industry See also:grew with great rapidity.
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