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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Oldhams like this:
OLDHAMS, a village in Sharples township, Bolton-le-Moors parish, Lancashire; 4¼ miles E of Chorley.
Oldhams is now part of BOLTON District. Click here for graphs and data of how BOLTON has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Oldhams itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Oldhams, in Bolton and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26551
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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