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OLDCOTT, a township in Wolstanton parish, Stafford; on the Grand Trunk canal and on the North Staffordshire railway, 2 miles N E of Newcastle-under-Lyne. It contains the village of Golden Hill; and is included in the chapelry of Tunstall. Real property, £4, 795; of which £650 are in mines. Pop. in 1851, 1, 683; in 1861, 2, 238. Houses, 438. Coal and iron ore are worked; and much industry is carried on in potteries. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Wolstanton Parish Staffordshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Oldcott |
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